Chapter 4

Normal POV

Natsu, Lucy, Wendy, and the two exceeds entered the cave.

"It's dark in here!" Wendy said holding Carla. Natsu lit his fists on fire to brighten up the dark cave. "That's better," Wendy sighed. Natsu grinned.

"Hey, guys! Look!" Lucy said, pointing. Natsu and Wendy looked in the direction Lucy pointed.

"That's a lot of goods!" Wendy said, surprised.

"Aye!" Happy chimed.

"Let's go check it out," Natsu said, while Wendy and Lucy just nodded. They walked over to the area piled with goods.

"Do you think that these are what the bandits stole?" Lucy asked. She picked up a beautiful ring and examined it.

"Yeah. I think so," Carla said.

"Oh! Look here! It's a doll!" Wendy said," It's so cute!" Lucy looked at it and they started giggling and looking at all the things.

"They even steal from children, huh?" Lucy said looking at a small stuffed animal.

"Oi! I think someone's coming," Natsu warned. Wendy nodded and stood up. They saw two people enter.

"Hey, I think someone's here!" One of them yelled. He ran up to Natsu, Wendy, and Lucy. "There's three!"

"What?!" The other guy asked, running up to them as well. "Great. Now we have to take care of them. We don't want them tellin' everyone about our hideout!" The first guy nodded. He grabbed a dagger from his belt.

"Which one first...," He mumbled. Lucy punched him in the face really hard, causing him to stumble back a bit. He smirked, "Guess you'll be first, miss."

"Are you two the bandits that steal from everyone?" Wendy asked.

"Ha! Of course we are! Can't you tell?" The second guy said.

"Who are you?" Lucy asked.

"Pfft. Why should we tell you?" The first guy said. Lucy kicked him in the stomach. "Gah!" He yelped, clutching his stomach.

"Lucy's scary...," Happy mumbled. Carla nodded.

"Who are you?" Lucy tried again.

"Katsume," He said angrily,"And he's Hiroshi." Lucy smirked in victory.

"So what now?" Wendy asked.

"We beat them up!" Natsu said, excitedly. His fist covered with flames instantly and he punched Hiroshi in the stomack repeatedly until he fell to the floor unconscious. Katsume watched in shock.

"Hiroshi!" He squeaked. Lucy knocked him out with one final blow. Then Natsu and Lucy grinned at each other.

"That was a little too easy, don't you think?" Carla asked. Happy nodded.

"They were more like thieves than bandits!" Wendy said.

"Yeah. I agree. They weren't much of a challenge. They couldn't even protect themselves from Lucy," Natsu joked, grinning.

"What's that supposed to mean?!" Lucy yelled angrily. Natsu just grinned.

"We should take them before they wake up," Wendy suggested.

"Fine," Lucy said and started to walk over to the unconscious 'bandits' but stopped halfway. "Wait...Who's gonna carry them?"

"You!" Natsu grinned, pointing at her.

"What? No way!" She argued. Carla sighed.

"Natsu-san! Just carry them!" Wendy commanded, crossing her arms.

"Fine, fine, I'll carry them," Natsu sighed. He grabbed each by their arms and dragged their unconscious bodies off.

"That's dragging, not carrying," Lucy pointed out. Wendy giggled and nodded in agreement.

"So...how are we supposed to bring all this back?" Wendy asked.

"We can go tell the client about this place and have him sort things out," Lucy suggested.

"Okay," Wendy nodded and then turned towards Happy and Carla, "You guys should watch the stuff."

"Aye!" Happy chimed.

"Fine," Carla agreed. Lucy and Wendy walked off towards the direction of the client.

"Well, then. I guess we just wait here," Carla spoke up.

"Aye," Happy said.

20 minutes later...

"Carla! Happy!" They heard Wendy's voice.

"Wendy!" Happy exclaimed happily.

"Sorry we took so long guys!" Lucy said.

"You should be," Carla muttered.

"Okay. Thanks for everything. I'll take care of the rest," the client said. Lucy and Wendy nodded.

"Oi! Wendy! Lucy! Happy! Carla!" They heard someone shout.

"Natsu! We're in here!" Lucy yelled back. A few seconds later Natsu appeared.

"Hey guys!" He grinned.

"Here's your reward," the client said, handing the reward to Lucy.

"Thanks!" Lucy said happily. Natsu, Lucy, Wendy, Happy and Carla left the cave and headed back to Magnolia.

...

"That was so easy!" Natsu said. Wendy nodded.

"Yeah," Lucy said.

"WE'RE BACK!" Natsu shouted as they entered the guild.

"Hey guys," replies came from the guild.

"Natsu, Wendy, Lucy!" Mira exclaimed, "Come here! I need to show something important to you." She sounded a little worried. Natsu, Lucy, and Wendy walked over to her.

"What is it, Mira?" Lucy asked.

xX End of Chapter Xx

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