"Natsu, what took you so long?!" the blue haired pre-teen whined as he ran up to his brother. "I was so worried!"
"Yes, Natsu the male has been whining for hours about how worried he was about you." a white haired pre-teen walked up to the two brothers.
"Carla! Be nice to Happy." a blue haired teen entered the room and smiled kindly at the pink haired male. "We were all worried about you Natsu."
"I'm sorry Happy." he ruffled the younger boy's hair, who scoffed at the act. Natsu made his way to the other room, where the rest of the group was waiting.
"Yo, Flame-brain, what took you so long?"
"What'd you call me Ice Princess?!" the pinkette looked over to his best friend/ rival.
"Wanna go cry about it?" the ink haired boy countered, getting up from his chair at the makeshift table and stalked over to where the pink haired male was standing.
"You wanna take this outside?" they butted heads.
"Like you're even smart enough to find the outside." Gray smirked.
"I'm way smarter than you!" the dark haired teen scoffed.
"What'd you just say fire-crotch?"
"You heard me-"
"Boys!" the boys stopped bickering and cowered at the scarlet haired teen, who was walking through the door from the kitchen. "No fighting during dinner." she hissed. The two boys gulped and quickly sat down.
"We're sorry Erza." the said in unison, glaring at one another. She set down a plate of bread and butter and sat down, across from Natsu and Gray, who were whispering insults to each other.
"So, Natsu," he sat up straighter in his chair at the mention of his name. "What took you so long to return home?" he gave the group a wicked smile.
"I ran into the princess."
"Levy, I just can not get him out of my mind." the blonde whined to her petite, blue haired friend. "He just gave me such chills being so close to him. I mean, he is so dangerous, so rugged, so.. sexy..." she started to picture the pink haired thief. She wondered why he hadn't taken her captive right then and there. It would have been much easier to escape, but he didn't. He only gave her empty threats. Somehow she knew that he wouldn't hurt her. How did she know that for certain though? He was Fiore's most wanted criminal so why wouldn't he take her hostage? But the biggest question of all was, why did her pulse quicken every time she talked about him?
"Lucy!" her friend yelled, snapping her out of her day dream. "You met the boy today, stop thinking about him! He's dangerous and-"
"Exciting!" the blonde grinned.
"Trouble!" the blunette finished, glaring at her friend. "He is complete trouble! He would most likely kidnap you and rape you before he would ever do anything nice for you."
"But see that is the problem Levy; When in the restroom today he did not even try to kidnap me. He knew I was the princess and did nothing about it."
"That doesn't make any sense.." her petite friend grumbled. The blonde smiled at her friend's confusion.
"That is why I'm telling you I want to see him again! I just have a feeling that he is sweet and nice and-"
"A rapist!" the blunette interrupted quickly. "It does not matter what you think his personality is; We still have the fact that he is a criminal. He is a thief and has killed numerous people... He's dangerous Lucy. You have to understand that." she pleaded for the blonde to understand. Lucy grinned at her friend.
"I like dangerous."
"Do you think it would actually work?"
"Of course, Erza! This plan is fool proof." the pink haired boy said as he slammed his hands against their make-shift table.
"I don't know, man.. What if we get caught? We'll be hung for sure and then what would everyone do?" the ink haired teen crossed his arms across his bare chest.
"Popsicle we're not gonna get caught, trust me."
"Natsuuuuu, what happens if we do get caught though? I'm too young to die!" the blue haired pre-teen whined.
"Happy, if we do get caught the only one they would take in is me. I'm the wanted one here and you know me; I always get out." he gave the young boy a wink.
"Natsu, if one of us is caught all of us are. I will not let one of my comrades take all the blame." the scarlet haired woman said sternly.
"Ok, but where's Gajeel? We need him for this."
"Need me for what?" said man walked into the room. Natsu gave the tall teen a wicked grin.
"I have a plan to get us more money than we have ever dreamed of."
Gajeel raised his eyebrows at the pinkette. "What kind of plan?" he smirked at the other teen.
"We're going to kidnap the princess and hold her for ransom." the spiky haired teen's jaw dropped.
"What are you talking about pinkie?"
"I'm talking about you, me, Erza, Gray, and Happy are going to break into the castle tomorrow night, disguised of course, and kidnap the princess, leaving her father a note that we need said amount of money by this day to get his daughter back alive." the pink haired teen wiggled his brows at his comrade.
"Holy shit... That's actually a really good plan." Gray and Erza's mouths dropped.
"What?!" they cried in unison.
"What?" Gajeel gave the two a confused look.
"Did you even consider any of the consequences?!" the scarlet haired woman screeched. The taller teen shrugged.
"I think that if we execute this plan the right way, nobody will ever find out it was us."
"My point exactly!" Natsu turned towards his friends. "I've already done an outline of the castle AND the guards' shifts." the three teens looked at the pinkette with a shocked expression. "Well, why do you think I took so long today?" they shrugged.
"Natsu? Are you sure it's ok to bring Happy?" Erza whispered to the male. He glanced at his younger brother, who was happily talking to Carla, and sighed.
"He would be so upset if I didn't and besides, Happy is my partner... I don't do anything without him."
"Except when you try to get yourself killed." Gray added, making Natsu glare at him.
"I'm not talking about shit like that stripper."
"Who are you calling a stripper, Squinty eyes?"
"What'd you call me Droopy eyes?"
The two boys continued to throw lame insults at one another as Erza sighed. She was so nervous doing this because knowing Natsu, he would turn himself over in a heart beat if any of them got caught.
"Natsu! Gray!" both boys stopped fighting immediately, sweat-dropping.
"Yes ma'am!" they said in unison.
"Who is going to do what in this mission?" Natsu perked up and Happy slowly made his way over to where the teens were talking.
"Well, at midnight exactly, the guards change shifts and stay in said position until three. There is four guards near the princess' side of the castle; Two at each gate. If we knock out all four at the same time, we're golden getting in the castle. Now, the tricky part is that they have six guards inside the castle that move constantly. Sadly we can't knock out any if we want to keep this quiet." the others nodded. "There is a storage closet right next to the princess' room making it easy access for us to keep hidden. People I want where." he paused and looked at Gray and Gajeel. "I want you two to knock out the four at the gates and stand guard there just in case someone comes over." they nodded. "Erza and Happy, I want you two to come in with me, Erza standing outside the door watching for guards and Happy helping me with the princess."
"What will I do if a guard comes by?"
He pondered on the thought for a moment. "Knock four times and get inside the closet. Make sure you don't get found." she nodded.
"Why do I need to help you with the princess?" his brother asked.
"Her friend is staying tonight. She is really small so you can take her while I get the princess."
"Woah, woah. You never said we were kidnapping two girls." Gray interrupted.
"It's not that big of a deal Gray." the pinkette countered.
The scarlet haired woman shook her head. "He's right Gray, it won't make much of a difference." the ink haired boy huffed, annoyed.
"When does the plan commence?" he asked. Natsu smiled wickedly.
"We ride into town at dawn."
Strangely I am loving this story.. Normally I don't like the story until about the third or fourth chapter, but I am loving this! Ha! Tell me what you guys think of it so far! It's about to get juicy;) REVIEW! Bye, loves:)