BlackLynx17: Hello everyone, here is the newest chapter, hope you enjoy it. I've been watching a new anime, Air Gear! It's so funny! It's neck and neck with Beelzebub. I'm almost done with it and so far, it's hilarious... really. I love Agito!
Anyway enough talking, please enjoy this chapter!
Not Your Typical Princess
Chapter 7
A Fanfiction thought up by BlackLynx17
I own nothing.
Oh. My. God. I didn't think it was possible to be this bored at one place. After we finished the shopping district, I took Lucy to see the arts; she enjoyed it but not as much as the library. We've been in here for 100 hours now. I looked back at the clock... alright so maybe one and a half. Either way it's been a long time and Lucy hasn't even noticed. She's just been sitting in that same spot reading that damn book. I regret taking her here now. It wouldn't be a problem if I was asleep but these damn chairs were to uncomfortable. The only nap I took was when I leaned against Lucy's shoulder, and that only lasted 30 minutes!
I was wide awake now and there was no way I was staying here. There was only one think left to do. I leaned up stretching out my cramped bones and took the book from Lucy's hands.
"Hey!" she yelled out.
I held my finger to my lips. "Shhh, people are reading" I joked as I walked towards the front of the store.
"Natsu this isn't funny" she said.
Really? It isn't? Because I seem to be grinning at the moment. Lucy continued to nag me as I bought the book. She only stopped when I held up the bag for her.
"Here you can read it to me when we get back" I said.
Lucy's face brightened as she reached out and took the bag.
"Thanks" she mumbled.
I smiled and grabbed her hand. I don't know why I kept wanting to hold it, I just did.
"Your welcome, come on I want to show you something" I said.
A quick little detour before we make our way to the grand finale. I walked Lucy outside of the livelier parts of Magnolia and into the real forests. Not like the one I had at my mansion, these were much bigger, and taller and I'm pretty sure if you got lost in it you wouldn't be able to find your way out. Lucky for Lucy though, she had me to find her if that happened. At the end of the forest was a little run downed, beaten up cabin. My first home away from home.
"Home sweet home" I sighed.
"You didn't always live with Gramps after Igneel left?" Lucy asked.
"Well I did, but I'd often escape from lessons and sleep out here. I think he knew about it but can't be certain since he never came to get me" I told her.
Man how this house saved me from some pretty harsh training. I missed living here actually.
"And over there is the lake, I used to fish out there, still do actually. They have the best catches" I said.
"So you'd fish for food?"
"Yup only not for me, for Happy"
"Happy?"
"My cat"
Lucy was silent for a minute. Have I not told her about Happy yet?
"You own a cat?" she asked.
Apparently not.
"Yup he's visiting his girlfriend though so he's not here at the moment other wise you two would have met already" I explained.
Lucy nodded her head. That was the end of our conversation about Happy. We walked back together towards town. Where to next? I was getting a little hungry again, maybe a quick bite to eat before the blossoms... I know! We can go to the old guild!... would that be save though? We pretty much destroyed that place... Oh well it would be a nice learning experience.
"Hey Lucy I got th-... How'd you get over there?" I called out.
Was I that deep in thought that I made the wrong turn? Lucy and I were standing on opposite sides of the river. She shrugged and waved her hand at me.
"Stay there" I said and ran up ahead to cross the bridge. Once we were on equal sides I told her our next destination.
"Fairy Tail? Weren't we just there?" she asked.
"Well technically yes but this was wear the old guild used to be, before we became all rich and junk" I told her walking up the steps.
"Wow... it looks like trash" she said.
I laughed. "It does, doesn't it" I said looking the old guild over. No matter how bad it looked, it was still our old home and I still loved seeing it.
"So Fairy Tail wasn't always a corporation but a guild first?" she asked.
"Yeah the previous Master's wanted to help others, use our magic to help the unfortunate so they created Fairy Tail"
"Is it still a guild today?"
"Yup! Haven't you wondered why there's so many people there? There all guild members. Some live with us and others decide to go live on there own but they always visit. I mean we still help others with our business now but some members still like to go out and help other's personally"
"I didn't know Fairy Tail was such an amazing place" she said.
I smirked.
"Yeah it really is. Told you it would grow on you" I said.
This was a good visit, I know learned that Lucy actually likes Fairy Tail! We were making huge progress today.
"Come on there's only one last stop" I told her... well maybe two.
I left Lucy for a quick second to get us some food. She waited for me patiently though, reading her book under the sun. I smiled... so maybe Lucy wasn't a 6, maybe she was a 7.
As we walked side by side I couldn't help but notice her. Lucy was the average height, thank goodness I was still taller than her though, and she was attractive. I could tell by the way boys kept stopping to stare at her. They'd usually notice me next to her though and keep there distance. I was a legend around town, almost as bad as Gildarts. Now there was a real home wrecker.
"Hey Natsu what's that?" Lucy asked me.
She wasn't pointing anywhere so I thought she meant the ringing noise.
"That's the church bell ringing"
I pointed at the large building in the middle of the town. It was kind of like the center of Magnolia so to speak.
"That's where our weddings going to be held at" I said.
Or well, that's what Jii-chan told me our fake wedding was going to be at.
"Come on where were you taking me?" she asked.
"Oh right here come on" I grinned.
This was so exciting! I wonder how she would react when she saw the rainbow sakura's... hold on. Where are the rainbow sakura's? I looked around the park where they usually would be blooming but nothing. I saw no rainbows at all, not even one's in the sky.
"Hmm I was so sure they were in bloom by now" I mumbling walking up to one of the trees.
"It's still a pretty sight" Lucy said walking up next to me, admiring the buds on it.
"True but I wanted to show you the rainbow sakura"
"Rainbow sakura?"
"Yah only in Magnolia is there a sakura tree that has rainbow petals, we always had a picnic near it" he said.
"Wow"
Damn I probably shouldn't have told her about the rainbow sakura if they weren't in bloom. Now she'd probably was disappointed.
"I promise to take you one day" I said.
One day, we'll go together.
"It's a promise!" she answered immediately.
I laughed. "Until then, how about a picnic" I said holding up the lunch bag.
Even if the flower's weren't in bloom, we still had a nice picnic under the tree. Lucy and I talked about things, randoms things, things I would never really consider myself talking about. I mean it was all fighting, fighting, fighting with me. I never took the chance to notice anything or discuss anything else unless it had to do with Igneel and dragons. Lucy was teaching me all new sorts of things.
Happy was in for a surprise when he get's back.
"So Natsu why did you take me out? Not that I didn't want to, but aren't I suppose to be locked up in the tower or something" she said.
I smiled. Locked up in a tower, I guess that made me the dragon that guarded her. And I guess that would make Lucy the princess... sounded about right. She certainly fitted the role.
"You seemed like you needed some fresh air. Hey can I asked you something?" I asked.
She nodded her head.
"At breakfast why'd you act that way? Why were you so desperate to leave? I mean if it was about the engagement party I would have understood but you acted differently then you would have when Jii-chan brings up our marriage"
"It's was about the party but not it specifically. It was about who he was inviting"
Go on.
"Who was he inviting?"
Who didn't Lucy like that was coming to our party? Did she even know any of our friends?
"Business partners, like Kozern Corp. my Father"
My eyes narrowed trying to grasp what she was telling me.
"You don't want him to attend?"
"No... I panicked and just needed to get some air which you allowed me to.. thanks I guess" she said.
Lucy panicked? Was she really that stressed out about her Father attending? Did she really not want him to go? I don't want Lucy to feel sad at Fairy Tail, I want her to be happy. This was going to be her first Fairy Tail party and I was going to make sure it was a good one.
"... I could talk to Jii-chan and tell him not to invite him, I don't think he would like our kind of party anyway" I told her.
"Thanks Natsu your too much" she said.
Lucy started leaning into my shoulder. I watched her out the corner of my eyes and saw her eyes drift slowly down. I guess she was tired after our big adventure. I finished my lunch then decided it was time for us to head back. Let's see Lucy was asleep though and I didn't want to wake her. That only left one option, carrying her.
I picked her up carefully, gently and carried her on my back. Her arms reacted to the sudden movement and she wrapped them around my neck. I grabbed her legs, and her bag and started walking back to Fairy Tail.
"So what's it going to take to keep this between us?" I asked.
Nab stared at me with a big smile on his face. I sighed.
"How much?" I asked.
"$300" he said.
"You know that's wrong" I told him.
"Take it our leave it Natsu" Nab smiled crookedly.
"Alright but I'm warning you, next house party I'm coming after you" I said.
He laughed and opened the gate for me.
"If he asks, we were out fishing" I said.
"Will do, don't forget to pay up later too" he said.
"Yeah, yeah" I mumbled walking towards the mansion.
About half way there Lucy decided to wake up. Thank goodness too, I felt like my arms were about to fall off.
"Hold on" I told her.
I wouldn't want to accidentally drop her or anything... even though that would be pretty funny.
"You dozed off and it was getting late so I had to carry you back" I said.
Well I didn't have to carry you, I just didn't want to wake you so I decided to carry you.
"Thanks" I said, her arms hugging me tighter.
Well that was unexpected, then again a lot of things Lucy did today was unexpected.
"How'd you get in?" she asked.
"Had to bribe the guard not to tell Jii-chan hopefully he keeps his word. If he asks say we were fishing in the lake behind the house"
"You have a lake?"
"Happy loves his fish"
Our conversations went silent after that. I'm guessing because we were almost at the mansion. Strange how Lucy hated me in the mansion, but outside it we actually acted like friends. Maybe it was the mansion... maybe it's cursed or better yet maybe it's getting back at me for all the times I've destroyed it.
Either way I placed Lucy on her feet so I could open the door for us. When we entered though, no one was around. Was it lunch or something?
"WERE BACK!" I yelled.
No answer. That could only mean one thing... Gazille was home.
"Hmm the guest must have arrived. Come on they must be entertaining him in the training room" I told Lucy walking upstairs.
Lucy followed me quietly. I never got it how girls could be so sneaky. I mean I could never hear when Erza was sneaking up on me unless she was wearing her heavy armor. Same with Happy but then again he could fly.
"Why would they be entertaining him in the training room?" Lucy asked.
Oh I forgot she was there. See what I meant by sneaky? I slowed down my pace so I would be walking next to her.
"Phantom likes there employees in fighting shape, they also used to be a guild. I've fought Gazille before on a mission, watch out he bites. A warning about our guest, Gazille's a Dragon Slayer too only he's an iron one so don't be surprised it he starts to eat metal"
I couldn't believe what I saw when we made it too the training room. It looked more wrecked then when Gray and I were fighting. It was so... so... so unfair. I knew Gazille was strong but now he looked even stronger. No fair! I want to fight him!
"Ah Natsu, Lucy glad you two are back" Jii-chan said walking towards us.
"Natsu your late our guest has already arrived what were you two possibly doing?" he asked when he was in front of us.
I had a feeling he only walked over so he could hit me if I answered wrongly.
"Sorry Jii-chan we went fishing out back" I said.
Jii-chan's eyes narrowed as he looked at me up and down. I heard Lucy's shoes move around a little, didn't think anything of it though.
"Oh really you catch anything?" he asked.
"Nope they weren't biting today"
"But I see you caught a book"
Uh oh busted. How could I forget about the book, I was carrying all day? Well at least now I wouldn't have to pay Nab if Jii-chan didn't fall for it.
"Err...yes?"
Jii-chan turned around and waved over Gazille. I glared at him as he walked over. Gazille only smirked and looked away from me, towards Lucy. That stirred something deep inside of me.
"This is-"
"I know we've met already" I interrupted him.
Gazille's glare was matching my own now.
"I was talking to Lucy!" Jii-chan said hitting me.
See! What I tell you?! I was so distracted by Jii-chan I couldn't prevent what was about to happen, or what was happening at this very moment.
"Gazille Redfox" Gazille said kissing Lucy's hand.
It took everything I had to resist the urge to growl at him. Why was HE touching something that was MINE! Get a hold over yourself Natsu. Why was he touching something that was fake mine? Screw it, fake or real he should not be touching Lucy. He shouldn't even be in the same room as her.
"Lucy Heartfilia" Lucy said.
Why did she tell him her name? Not like he didn't already know it. And why was he still holding Lucy's hand. I grabbed his wrist and flung it to the side, standing between him and Lucy.
"Natsu Dragneel stay away from my wife"
Did you hear that? MY WIFE! Not yours, not Phantom's, not Jose's, mine!
"Calm down I was just introducing myself" Gazille said in his laid back tone.
That didn't calm me down at all, in face it made me want to fight him even more.
"And the kiss!" I asked.
"Just being friendly"
"A little too friendly"
"Whose hungry!" Lucy said interrupting our argument.
"Great idea Lucy dinner shall be severed in a couple of minutes" Jii-chan said eyeing me.
This face read, 'you need to cool it'. Good idea Jii-chan, why don't I take MY wife and leave?
"Come on Luce let's go freshen up" I said grabbing her waist.
Now everyone knew who she was wife, especially that Metal Face Gazille. We walked in silence to our bedroom. I had so much to tell her about Gazille but we had to get out of hearing distance first. As soon I shut the door I immediately told Lucy,
"Stay away from him"
"From Gazille?" she asked moving her head to the left.
"Yes stay away, far away" I said.
"Why? He's a guest isn't he? I was taught to entertain our guest"
Was she purposely trying to make me mad? Better yet was she trying to make me mad enough to fight Gazille? Either way she needed to know.
"Well we have other people to entertain him just... he's dangerous Lucy and I just don't want anything to happen to you alright just keep your distance from him, and if your forced into a situation with him keep your guard up" I warned her.
I looked at Lucy for a sign that she understood what I was saying. When she nodded I felt relieved... that and a strange need to use the bathroom.
"Okay now that you understand I kinda need to go so be right back" I said walking in the restroom.
This was so stressful. I needed to have a talk with Gazille later, a little one on one. After I finished my 'business' I washed my hands and went back to Lucy.
"Come on you ready?" I asked.
She nodded and walked towards the door. I opened it for us and we walked town to the dinning room together. I knew Gazille was already there but I couldn't help but look behind my back. When we arrived I was distracted by the food. If there was one thing I loved about having guest over, it was about the food. The chefs made their best dishes, like they've been holding out on us.
I sat down, with Lucy following behind me, and dug in completely forgetting about Gazille or wondering who was sitting next to him.
"So Gazille how long have you been with Phantom?" Lucy said.
How could I forget? That was the most important rule when it came to Gazille, how could I forget to warn her? I turned my head over to Lucy and was in for a much bigger shock. He was sitting right next to her. I blamed the food, damn the chefs for making it look so irresistible. I balled my hands into fist ready to protect Lucy if Gazille came after her.
"2 or 3 years tops" Gazille answered.
I heard my friends start to relax but I didn't let my guard down.
"Wow how's it been working for them?" she asked.
Would you please stop talking to him Lucy? What did I tell you, he might bite.
"Fun"
"That's nice" Lucy said continuing her meal.
Damn you Gazille. Stay away from Lucy.
"Never talk to Gazille while he's eating" I told her.
"Why?"
"Remember what I said he bites. He's the type that likes to eat in silence, usually when someone talks to him he knocks them out. You were lucky he didn't do anything to you"
"Could have warned me before hand" she told me.
I forgot...
"No one thought you would be bold enough to talk to him" I replied.
What? It was true. I heard Lucy sigh before she laid down on our bed.
"Understood oh great one" she said.
I smiled. Oh great one... I liked the sound of that. It would be better if she said oh great dragon though. Well Lucy's cheered me up, how could I cheer her up?... She enjoyed reading and I am getting pretty tired. If she read it to me I was sure to fall asleep, as soon as possible.
"Aren't you going to read?" I said throwing the book at her then jumping after.
I loved jumping onto my bed, partly because I knew it would always catch me. Lucy caught the book then leaned to the right as I jumped. I rolled over and turned on a lamp for her.
"Start from whenever" I said grabbing my pillow.
"You want me to read this to you?" she asked.
"Yes"
"But you won't know what's happening"
"I won't be paying attention, think of it as a bed time story" I said relaxing.
This... this was nice...
"Alright what page was I on..."
Some one was knocking at our door. The question was, why though? I cracked open my eyes and got up out of bed to yell at the person who woke me up so early. When I saw who it was though, the anger disappeared.
"Get dressed, we have a client emergency and you need to come with" he said.
Before I could ask why he answered,
"You may not like it but you're still my successor, now go get dressed"'
I nodded and closed the door in his face. I yawned, scratching my back before walking into the bathroom. After a quick shower and a change of clothes, I wandered back towards the bed to warn Lucy where I was going... warn her... I was leaving and Gazille was staying. How could I protect her if I wasn't here? How could Lucy defended herself? With her keys? She only had two!
There was no way I was going to leave Lucy defenseless. I exited our room quietly and wandered down the halls towards Jii-chan's study. It was simply to find Lucy's keys since her scent was all over them. I wanted to give her all of them but I don't think Jii-chan would like that very much. Instead I choose one to give her and headed back towards our room.
She was still sleeping when I got back, I guess that means I had to wake her.
"Lucy" I said shaking her.
He eyes fluttered open before meeting mine.
"What's up?" she asked me.
"Jii-chan has a meeting with a client he wants me to attend" I said.
She nodded.
"I'll be gone for a while so I won't be there to protect you. Go hang out with Erza or Levy"
She nodded again, her eyes were drooping close.
"Do you have a key that's strong enough to protect you?"
She half nodded before her eyes shot open. I didn't get it, was that a yes or a no?
"Well do you or don't you?" I asked again.
"Against Gazille no..." she said.
I knew it! And I was about to leave her.
"Here" I said throwing the key I stole to her.
She eyed it before grinning, I guess I picked a good one. Just in case though, I had a plan to get rid of Gazille if he came to close to my Lucy.
"Now you do, be careful Luce" I said hugging her.
I took a deep breath and exhaled over her. I may not be able to mark Lucy as mine, but I can still make it seem like she was. If my scent was all over her, Gazille should back off. I chuckled to myself, I sure am smart.
"See you soon" I said releasing her.
I walked over to the door and left it wide open before I left. If luck was on my side we should be finished meeting the clients in a hour and I could be home again.
Wait for me Lucy, I'll be back before you know it.
BlackLynx17: OMG NO NATSU DON'T LEAVE HER!... Why am I acting like that if I already knows what happened? :D lol anyway hoped you liked, review.
