Besiege
Just take my hand, we'll make a stand
I know that we can make it
"Fairy Tail pirates?" Layla took an uneasy step backwards. "They kidnapped her?"
"Yes ma'am." The solider tried his hardest to be sympathetic but the look the woman's husband was sending, made him want to turn tail and run. He was a man with a lot of money, there were endless possibilities of what he could do with it.
"And you didn't stop them?" The older blond haired man asked angrily.
"He had a blade to your daughters throat sir." He sighed with frustration at his lack of interest of his daughters well being. "Had we pursued them, he surely would have killed her."
"Then I suggest you find a way to bring her back, you let those filthy vermin escape during your chase, and now they have my daughter in their clutches." Jude glared at the man. "This is your fault, had you done your job, we wouldn't be in this predicament."
"I'm sorry sir, we are doing everything we can to find them, but they departed on their ship and we are still trying to locate their coordinates." The soldier made a move to leave.
"You better hope she comes back in one piece."
"Jude." Layla warned, pleading for him not to follow that line with a threat.
Thankfully he heeded her warning and turned to walk over to the window. From his position he could see the vast ocean across the city, the ocean where his daughter was surely being held prisoner.
"We'll get her back Jude." Layla tried soothing him.
"Yes, we will." Jude glanced to her. "Even if I have to destroy Fairy Tail to do it."
Dark orbs watched the blond haired woman as she gazed out to the ocean, the only light being the moon, which was quickly becoming shrouded in darkness. She watched the clouds overhead and briefly wondered if there would be a storm tonight. The weather had been clear throughout the day, but the weather had a habit of changing when you least expected it.
"Do you think it will rain?"
Natsu blinked and shifted his gaze elsewhere when Lucy turned to him as she voiced her question.
He cleared his throat. "It's possible, I just hope we don't get caught up in a bad one. The last time we hit a storm, we had some damage to the ship."
"Oh, well let's just hope it doesn't come to that."
Natsu grinned and turned his gaze to the sky. Now that I look at it, it actually might rain tonight.
"Thank you for bringing me up here." Natsu was startled out of his thoughts and blushed when she gave him a genuine smile.
She's beauti- wait a minute- what am I saying! Natsu inwardly shook his head and erased those thoughts. Don't get ahead of yourself here Natsu, besides you're not good enough for her.
Lucy noticed his inner turmoil, mostly due to the odd faces he was making. She couldn't help the giggle that escaped her, which snapped Natsu back to reality and he stared at her like she had gone insane. "What?"
"I'm sorry, but you make the weirdest faces when you think too hard." Natsu raised a brow and laughed good-naturedly. She loved that she could easily tease him without upsetting him, had she tried that with her father, he surely would have scolded her for laughing impolitely. Her mom on the other hand was more easy going, they shared their own jokes and teased each other, just not in front of Jude. Her mother was a saint, and she missed her.
"I kind of-" A loud blast that rocked the ship cut Natsu's next words off immediately, the motion sending Lucy flying into his chest, causing a blush to form across her cheeks and the feeling of his hard muscles beneath her hands. She had never been so close to a male that was as toned as he was, and she wasn't going to lie that she felt a little excited about it.
He quickly steadied her on her feet and leaned over the edge of the crows nest and yelled down to the crew who came running from below deck and glancing around trying to figure out the location of the cannon-fire. "Where did it come from?!"
"We don't know!" Levy cried out as she quickly used her script magic, allowing her to write out the word barrier, blocking the area where a hole formed after the shot.
Natsu didn't hesitate before he blasted out a large breath of fire to light up the sky. "Fire dragon roar!" The flames briefly lit up the sky allowing them to spot the vessel, and it was as Natsu feared.
"Shit." He turned to Lucy. "Stay here, you'll be safer from the cannons."
"But-"
He jumped from the height of the crows nest, grabbing the rope of the sails to slow his descent. Lucy stared in awe as he rallied the crew, quickly taking charge to fight this enemy. She was impressed with the way he went from being oddly goofy to being one serious captain, though she guessed she shouldn't judge a book by its cover, as cheesy as that sounds.
"All hands on deck, get the cannons and prepare to fire." Natsu sprinted quickly over to Gray. "We might need ice shields."
Gray quickly nodded as she stepped onto the ledge of the ship as Juvia held her arms around his waist to steady him. "Ice make: Shield!" He cried out as a wall of ice sprung up from the ocean floor. He applied this technique multiple times to form layers against the attackers. As of right now, it was their only defense.
"Incoming!"
Another cannon ball rocketed through the layers of ice, stopping at the last wall, lodging itself inside the thick layer of frozen liquid.
"Dammit!" Gray cursed as he quickly dispersed the ice and created new layers of it before running over to help the crew that were trying desperately to get the cannons ready. Natsu sprinted over and lit the fuses on the ones that were prepped. "Fire!" He hollered as the cannon created an ear numbing blast, the cannonball heading quickly to its intended target.
"Fire all we've got, I know who this is." Natsu gritted his teeth in anger as the crew of mage pirates stared him down. He had smelt the bastard as soon as the wind picked up, carrying the persons scent with it.
"Ivan."
The ship neared and Natsu's fear was confirmed as Ivan stood at the helm of his ship, the lanterns the only source of light to reveal the enemy.
"Hm, you never learn Natsu."
Lucy watched in horror as blast after blast were exchanged before the two ships, until they were merely feet away. Natsu quickly engaged in battle with Ivan when the older man jumped to Fairy Tails vessel. His clothes consisting of armor plates instead of actual pirate wear. Ivan smirked and lashed out gleefully as he swiped his large hand at the fire mage, releasing a blast of magic with it.
The blond haired woman frowned from her perch in the crows nest, wondering why Natsu wasn't using his fire magic to attack the enemy. It was then that she noticed that none of the Fairy Tail pirates were using magic as a means of offense anymore. "What is happening?" She questioned aloud.
"Obra has nullifying magic." A voice uttered gravely, startling Lucy.
The blond turned to see a black haired man grinning widely at her, that grin alone was enough to send shivers up her spine. She had to wonder though, how he had managed to reach her all the way up here without her even noticing. She flinched when sand swirled around him in a tornado like fashion. "My turn for some fun."
He grinned and shot out a sandy blast towards her, she shielded her head and clenched her eyes shut before she opened them again at his laughter. "You are so pathetic!"
Lucy gritted her teeth and decided she would take her chances. She reached behind her and grabbed a rope, if Natsu could do it, so could she dammit. She smirked at the idiot before she clamored over the crows nest and slung down with the rope. Only when she was reaching the bottom did she realize that she didn't know how she was going to land.
"Oh crap."
She ended up swing out too far past the ships railing before her hands slipped and she landed roughly on the deck of the enemy's vessel. She rolled to a stop, the splintered wood scraping up her arms, drawing blood. Lucy flinched and got to her feet before ducking behind a barrel. Boots slammed onto the deck and she heard chuckling.
"Come out, come out wherever you are."
The blonde could hear the taunting tone laced within his words. This man was out to kill her, but she wasn't going to give him that opportunity. Making her move, she rolled across the floor not caring that she was dirtying up her clothes. The male spotted her and blasted another magic sand attack at her but manage to miss her.
"Come now, you're only making this more enjoyable for me."
I can't fight a magic user.
Racking her brain for any ideas, she came up with nothing. She didn't know this ship, she didn't know if there were any weapons on board. The only thing she knew was that she was going to die if she didn't act fast. So she ran.
"There you are!" He sprinted after her as she let out a yelp and tripped over her feet sending her plunging down the stairs to the deck below.
Lucy gritted her teeth and moved to hide behind a wooden crate just as the man landed on the last step of the stairs. She cursed silently as he slowly began searching for her, using taunting little words to egg her on. She stepped back and stepped on something solid. She bent down to retrieve it and noticed that it was a solid iron skillet.
Let's see if this works!
She hid herself against one of the support beams and waited until the man came close enough.
He chuckled as he swung a set of keys around his finger. "You just made this easier, delivering yourself to the prion hold, I know plenty of men who'd love to have a beautiful woman."
She cringed at the implications of his words and when he reached her position, with all her might, she swung the skillet out, the iron making a sickening sound as it made contact with the mans face and side of his head. He crumpled instantly to the floor and she couldn't help but grin at her success.
"Take that you jerk!"
"Hey!"
She squealed loud enough that the man who spoke up covered his ears. "Hey, would you quit your screaming?!"
Lucy turned and from the light of the lantern, she spotted a large burly man with long black hair staring her down from the confines of a prison cell. She felt a little relived that he was behind bars and couldn't touch her.
"Um, hi?" She questioned hesitantly.
"I need your help bunny girl."
"Bunny girl, what-?"
"Can you get us out of here?"
With a brow raised in confusion she stepped closer and noticed a small black cat sitting next to the larger frame of the male. "What happened?"
"We were taken prison by the leader of the ship we're on, and I know you have come in contact with Natsu."
"How do you-?"
"I can smell that fire bastard's scent all over you, are you his new girlfriend or something?"
"Wha?" She blushed and turned away. "It's not like that?"
The man laughed and grinned at her in an unsettling kind of way. "I'm just teasin' ya, so you think you can sneak those keys off that guys belt?"
He pointed to the man she had mercilessly conked over the head with her only weapon. "Uh,sure?" She wasn't sure if she should trust him, but if they were prisoners of a crew that attacked them, than he couldn't be all bad. Right?
"What's your name?"
"Gajeel." He stated as she returned effortlessly with the keys, the iron skillet still clutched tightly in her hand.
"Lucy."
With the cell door open, Gajeel stepped out quickly and she noticed the black Fairy Tail mark on his shoulder which made her sigh in relief. "Hey, there's a woman named Levy on that ship right?"
"Uh, yeah."
"Is she okay?"
"She was the last I saw of her."
A low groan caught their ears and they turned to see the man getting to his feet. "Sorry about this." Gajeel quickly snatched the skillet out of her hands and devoured it like it was a piece of meat.
"Are you nuts?!"
"Lily take her."
"You expect a tiny cat to take me-" She screamed when a large pair of black paws grabbed her by the shoulders and lifted her off the ground and blasted through the ceiling.
"My turn to have a little fun." Gajeel grinned as he felt his magic returning to him. He had been stuck in that magic nullifying cage for too long and that little bit of iron was doing wonders in returning his strength. "Let's dance pretty boy."
Natsu grinned as his crew was finally pushing Ivan's members back, Levy had managed a plan that took out their wizard that was nullifying their magic power and for that he was grateful. Ivan was starting to get frustrated and angry and that only caused Natsu's grin to widen.
"Get back to the ship you worthless crew!" Ivan bellowed as his men began taking off towards their own ship and he only turned back towards the fire user. "This isn't over Natsu, we'll be back."
"And we'll be waiting." Gray threw back as he came to stand by Natsu's side.
Ivan laughed and jumped back to his ship and as he did that he spotted Lily and frowned. His prisoners had escaped! But then he spotted the blond girl that he was carrying. He grinned and shot out a large magic attack. "Try and save her Natsu!"
Natsu turned and barely caught the end of the blast as it struck Lucy and Lily. "No!"
Lily's grip on the blond's shoulders slipped and he spiraled down to the deck as Lucy fell towards the water. Her unconscious state guaranteeing she would die if he didn't do something quickly.
"Lucy!" Natsu jumped off the side of the boat and dove towards her just as she hit the water.
"Natsu!" Gajeel yelled as he appeared at the side he had leapt from.
Unfortunately, the winds had been kicking up during their battle with Ivan and his crew. Gajeel looked out into the open water and saw the rain coming, there was no time, they needed to do something now!
Natsu broke the surface of the ocean, Lucy tucked to his chest but he was swept away by a large wave, the water pushing them further and further away from the ship. The rain came in a flood pelting them harshly as more and more waves threatened to send them plunging below the water. "Shit!" He attempted to swim but a piece of debris from the side of their slightly wrecked ship came at him, striking his back when he turned to protect Lucy.
And then they were gone
Lucy felt something warm and soft against her lips as she came to, only then did she realize that she couldn't breath and whatever that warmth was, was desperately pumping air into her lungs.
"Come on Lucy!"
Her mouth came open as she turned to her side, the violent cough accompanied by the water she had swallowed. A pat on her back helped to calm her as she coughed out the rest of the water. She turned to see the concerned look in Natsu's eyes as he sat back and she turned so she could do the same.
"Natsu?" She grabbed her head as a wave of dizziness overcame her. "What happened?"
He sighed, his heart coming to a slow heart beat compared to what it was at a few minutes ago as small rain droplets fell around them. This was only the beginning of the storm, the worst was yet to come.
"We need to find shelter, this storm is going to get worse within the next thirty minutes."
She glanced around at the sandy beach, half of the moon barely peaking out from the dark ominous clouds being her only light until Natsu lit his hand on fire and offered his other to her.
"Natus?" She voice her apprehension as she slowly came to realize it was only her and Natsu, the ship and all of the crew members were no where to be found. "Where are we?"
He pulled her along. "We were washed up on this island, Ivan attacked you and Lily." He began. "You fell into the ocean as the storm started up, I jumped in after you."
"So...we're?"
"Stranded." Natsu finished for her. "Welcome to the life of a pirate."
A/N: I am so sorry this is late and that its short, but the next chapter will be all about Natsu and Lucy's time on the island as they get to know each other. So it will hopefully be a decent length. If there are any interactions you'd like to see in the next chapter, I'm open to suggestions. Hope you've enjoyed this chapter. :)