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Chapter-1 Meeting a nakama

"What's today's news?" said a man sitting at the counter.

"The Heartphilia kingdom is merged with the Dark Oasis kingdom right after its defeat," said another man sitting opposite him.

"Oh, I heard that it was a sudden attack with more than 25 mages attacking the kingdom at once with a large military", said the one next to him.

"Yea, the Heartphilia's had only one mage and it was their princess. Poor thing. She had to fight all 25 mages all alone. Rumors out say that they've killed both the king and the princess to obtain the kingdom," said a man on the next table.

"It's quite a tragedy", said one.

"Yea", agreed another.

"It's pathetic. It only shows how coward the Heartphilias are… unable to protect their own kingdom," commented one of them.

Someone sitting at the other corner of the counter overheard their discussion. Covering herself with the hood, she stood up and left the place. She couldn't stand their pity or comments. She slowly made it out of the town. She didn't even raised her head.

As she reached the outskirts, she noticed that she was being followed by a few bandits. She walked fast to dodge them but they chased on. Then, they surrounded her.

"Come on, girly. Give us all your belongings", said one of them.

"Please listen to me, I've got nothing to offer you," she said helplessly. She didn't want to pick up a fight.

"No, little girl, you must be having something or the other. You cannot leave on a journey without any money. Ah, I see you have some golden keys. We could get a nice price for them in the market. Now give them to us!" another man said threatening her with a knife. She paused.

"So, you wanna fight" she said as she took out a key and started chanting some words. But nothing happened. Her eyes widened at this sight. It was as if her strength had left her. There was no one to help her, no one!

The bandits began to laugh at her making her feel more miserable. Then one of the bandits lifted a large stone and threw it in her direction to knock her out. She was scared. But before the stone could even reach her, it turned to ash in mid air.

Then, a man with a black hood placed himself between the girl and the bandits.

"You guys lay a finger on the girl and I'll turn all of you to ash", he said.

Fire was surrounding his body and he let out a roar that sent shivers down the bandits' spines. They all immediately took to their heels.

He turned around to see if the girl was fine.

"Hey young lady, Are you okay?" he asked her, giving out a goofy grin.

"Yes, I am…" She collapsed before she could continue what she was saying.

He caught her in his arms before she could fall to ground. Her hood fell off revealing her face. He scanned her face through his onyx eyes. She was quite beautiful with blonde hair. She appeared to him like a princess. Her scent was like vanilla- he wanted to breathe her again… and again, for some strange reason. She still lay asleep in his arms. He saw her body. Her hands were badly bruised and wounded. He thought he would take her to his home but then dropped the idea and waited for her to wake.

It was dusk when she woke up. She slowly opened her eyes in his arms. For a moment, her beautiful chocolate brown eyes were locked with his. She then blushed but soon shrugged off the feeling and shouted at him.

"What the heck are you doing?" she shouted. She could feel her heart beat so fast.

"Oh nothing…. I was waiting for you to wake up… that's it" he said. A slight blush formed on his face.

She soon regained her senses.

"I'm sorry to scream at you like that," she said as she shook her head, "Hi, I'm Lucy. Nice to meet you," she said as she smiled.

Her smile was like sunshine. He smiled back at her.

"You seem to be a weirdo. Anyways, Hi, I'm Natsu. Nice to meet you too," he said.

"So, where are you going?" he asked.

"I'm… I'm going to… The Fairytail Kingdom. You see it's a small kingdom on the other side. I have to go there no matter what." She said all determined.

"But don't you it would be rather dangerous for you to travel alone. I know, I'll accompany you… I can be your nakama, if you want", he said looking at her.

"You will… You will be my nakama", she said, as tears surfaced her beautiful eyes. It's long time that any one has ever talked to her so nicely. She wiped her tears with her hands. Still they didn't stop.

"Don't worry, weirdo, I'll be your nakama and protect you always, I promise!" he said as he reassured.

"Don't call me that!"she shouted on him and then cast a smile on her face.

Who is Natsu? What does the future has in store for Lucy? Will they reach the Fairytail kingdom? Why does she want to go there? Will Natsu ever know Lucy's secret? Find out in the next chapter.