A pink haired boy was floating on some piece of wood in the middle of the ocean. He was laying on his stomach, his back covered in blood. The only real piece of clothing was what was left of his boxers. His skin was red from being out in the sun. The boy had no idea how long he has been out in the ocean.
Death. Death was the only thing on his mind. How long would it be? He should just move off of this piece of floating driftwood and drown.
He slapped his hand down in the water, only to have it burn his skin. He lost his balance on the wood and slipped into the water. He sunk.
He had no energy to fight back against the current. He just went deeper and deeper. Losing air fast and soon everything went black.
Natsu shot up from his bed breathing hard. He ran both his hands through his hair and clutched his head. He hated his dreams. He hated sleeping. Why did he even sleep?
Oh right.
It's been days since he actually slept. He groaned and stood up from his bed. He glanced around his room. Everything was a mess, since it was also the Captain's Quarters. Papers were covering his desk and his clothes were spread throughout the room. There was a map hanging on the wall, behind his desk, it was marked with all the places his crew had been.
He sighed deeply and took a step out into the night's air. This is probably one of the greatest parts about being out at sea. Everything was just at a standstill, besides the wind gently blowing. You can see the night's sky for miles and miles. Everything was just perfect. His eyes landed on a blonde haired woman.
Lucy.
It's been almost a month since the two girls got on this ship. Levy had quickly became the navigator of the ship. She seemed happy with the position, but Natsu hadn't really talked with Lucy the very first week. When they did start talking and getting close, the crew was taken by surprise. No one knew what happened between the two, but it wasn't really their business.
When they started talking it was in the middle of the night almost three weeks ago now. Natsu had woken up from yet another dream and walked out for some fresh air. He had noticed her walking on the side of the ship talking to herself. At least that's what he thought at the time. He didn't say a word and leaned on the wall listening.
Natsu walked over to Lucy and leaned on the wall beside her. "What are you doing up? Shouldn't you be sleeping?"
Lucy smiled glancing at the man. "Another bad dream, Captain?"
"Why are you still calling me that? You know you can call me by my name." Natsu crossed his arms, leaning back and looking at the ocean.
"Now, what's the fun with that?" Lucy pulled away from the side of the ship and went towards the door to go under the deck. "Get some sleep, Captain. We dock tomorrow." Then just like that she was gone.
This was true they were finally docking after so long. They were low on supplies and desperately needed to stock up. Natsu also made a promise with Lucy that they would go out to get her a new sword. Her sword was very worn down and the handle was torn up. In short, she needed a new one. Natsu has been training her how to use it and that's what they did at night. They would practice and ask questions about each other. Getting to know one another. She also helped out everyone on the ship. She has helped Gajeel fix up the ship if they got a hole or even fix the stove. She would also help Mira cook in the kitchen. Then she would help with cannons getting to know how to use them. They haven't been in a fight at all, but she was sure ready.
It was early morning when they got to the docks. Natsu was standing on the side watching his crew go in their own way to take care of a variety of things. Each one had their own things they were into. It made sense.
The man jumped when he felt a pair of arms go around his neck. He heard some giggling and he couldn't help but sigh. "So, even the captain gets scared."
"I wasn't scared." His face was void of emotion as his eyes followed where his crew went. "Would you get off of me, Lucy?"
Lucy completely ignored his words are started pulling his cheeks to make it look like he was smiling. "Don't be so sour. Relax a bit!"
"I'm the captain. I'm supposed to make sure my crew is safe." Natsu was trying to pull Lucy away, but it wasn't working that well.
Lucy finally gave up and moved away from him. "Whatever, come find me when you got the stick out of your ass." She spotted her best friend, finally, and started running towards her direction.
Natsu's whole body twitched at her words and was trying desperately to hold himself back from yelling at the woman. It is always like this though. Night and day are completely different with Lucy. It was a bit weird at first, but he was getting used to it.
"Levy!" Lucy had ran straight into the short girls body causing both of them to go down.
"L-Lu-chan! Be careful!" The blue haired girl laughed out clinging onto her friend.
Lucy smiled and jumped off of the girl and helped Levy back up. "What's the fun of that? Anyways, let's go exploring!"
"Eh? Weren't you supposed to be with the Captain?"
"He has a stick up his ass! So, we have a little time before he pulls it out!" Lucy was grinning already dragging her friend away.
"I HEARD THAT LUCY!" They both heard their captain's voice boomed around the dock.
Lucy laughed out and started running. "Let's go before he catches us!" Levy was just being dragged along.
It was a couple minutes before the girls stopped running to catch their breath. Levy actually had to lay on the ground. "Lu-chan, I can't keep up with you! I'm not practicing everyday like you are."
Lucy grinned looking around the area. That was when a poster had caught her eye. "Shit." She had quickly made her way over and tore the poster down. "This is us…"
"Let me see!" Levy quickly grabbed the poster from Lucy. "Eh! They are asking so much for us! Isn't this exciting?" Levy was grinning up at Lucy.
Lucy was staring at the poster hard. "Isn't this bad…? Knowing them they have already hired tons of people."
"Are you worried about the crew that was always around your home?"
"You don't know what they are capable of Levy. They always take things to the next level and you never got the blunt of anything."
Levy stayed silent looking down at the poster. Thinking of what they should do about all of this. "To be honest…I wasn't expecting them to actually care."
"They don't. They only want us because of who we are." Lucy pointed at the contact info on the poster. "See? It's not even our parents. It's that pirate crew."
"I don't want to leave…" Levy looked up at Lucy. "You know they will come after us. What do we do?"
Lucy sighed looking down. Why was Levy so all over the place? At first she was excited, then was acting nothing would happen, and now she is worried. Why can't she just make up her mind? "Listen, let's keep this to ourselves. They don't need to know who we are, and I have a plan."
It was about an hour later and Natsu was walking around the Main Street of the port city. There were a couple shops that caught his eye, but never even bothered with them. He was more concerned in what was keeping his blonde friend. They had about an hour left here and they still needed to go shopping to get some supplies. Mostly her sword. He let out a deep sigh and stopped in his tracks looking around. Then a pair of arms wrapped around his stomach and made him jump. He pushed away whoever it was and jumped back getting hi sword ready. He stopped halfway though and let out an annoyed sigh. "What the fuck, Lucy? I could have attacked you!"
She just waved off the male and looked around. Which Natsu let out an annoyed "tsk" sound. "Oh! Follow me! I found a neat shop for swords!"
Before Natsu could even blink Lucy had taken off again. He groaned and ran a hand through his hair. "What is wrong with this chick?" He ran after the girl. He was the captain! Yet this random girl, that he just meant, was already dragging him around without much thought. Where was the respect?"
Fairy Tail was boarding the ship and Natsu was standing off to the side watching everyone. Making sure everything was going as plan and that no was being left behind. Beside him was Lucy, who was looking over her brand new sword. They blade was something she has never seen before. They literally had stares carved in the metal and the edge was pure yellow and the other half was black. She was just drawn to it and of course Natsu told her to buy something that looked simple, but she wanted none of it!
"Lu-chan!" Levy ran over to Lucy and showed off her new books. Gajeel had walked past Levy and talked with Natsu.
Lucy was talking casually with Levy, but her eyes wandered to Gajeel. They both had walked over together and she wanted to know what was happening. Just an interrogation for just them of course.
Across the dock there were two people standing and watching the ship. They didn't make any moves, but they were watching the two girls. "So, our intel was correct. Jude will be happy that we found them." There was a guy with black and white hair that was laying on one of the crates that was going on their own ship. He was laying with his eyes closed and not a care in the world.
A girl giggled eyeing Lucy before licking her lips. She played with her white hair and twirled around heading to her ship. "This will be so fun! I can't wait to play with Lucy again. Her skin is so flawless and it was great marking her."
A guy that had maroon spiky hair was just staring at the ship. He was just wanted this all over with and to get paid, so he could head back home. He was tired of playing these games, but he couldn't help think it was fun. He couldn't help putting a smile on his face when he thought of making them all bleed. Blood was just a great thing in his life and a guilty pleasure. His eyes made contact with a black haired male, who was across the dock, and he smirked at him before walking away.
I'M SO SORRY FOR EVERYTHING. I'M SO LATE ON PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING IN MY LIFE.
I will be going through and kind of updating what is happening with all my stories, but this one I'll be working on mostly. I'm just sorry. I should have the next one updated by this time next week. I'm pretty much almost done with it.
I'M SO SORRY!