I pulled up in front of Barns & Noble, cutting off the engine and offering Vivi my arm, which she gladly accepted, and we made our merry way towards the entrance. Once we entered we went to the nearest table, me pulling Viv's chair out for her, then sat down. A waitress with blond hair came up to us asking us what we wanted, "Hot coco!" Vivi said happily, "Black coffee, with a dab of sugar" I told her, smiling my appreciation. The sky was blue for the most part, excusing some white puffy clouds. "It's beautiful today" Vivi muttered to herself, probably not thinking I heard her. "Just like you" I smiled, her looking up and blushing. The waitress then brought over our drinks, we thanked her and wished her a good day. We drank and had small talk, Vivi excited for all the things we'd get to do, me also excited, wondering what the others were doing. I had almost no doubt that Nami would somehow manage to convince Luffy to spend his money on her.
Just then a group of men came in, all wearing bowler hats and trenchcoats. They seemed to be heading our way, which made me raise an eyebrow. "Is it just you or does it look like those guys are heading towards us?" Vivi asked, her voice slightly shaky. "If they are just know I'll protect you okay?" I told her, taking her hand and looking into her eyes. The men made their way over, surrounding our table. "Anything you gentlemen need?" I asked politely, but with an edgy sort of tone. "Yes, that would be you. No one breaks my sons arm and gets away with it!" the man exclaimed, aiming a punch at my head. I swatted it aside and jabbed him in the gut, causing him to keel over. The men had at this point, surrounded me, there was five more of them, not including the man I had just jabbed. "Vivi, go out to the car real quick, I'll be right with you" I told her, flashing her a grin and a wink.
She nodded, looking worried, and went out to my car. They all moved at once, and I was sent back by a man's kick. I landed on the table me and Vivi were sitting at, rolling away just in time as one of the men's kick's landed where I had been, splintering the table in two. I got to my feet quickly, catching a man's foot that was aimed for my head, and twisting it, in turn twisting the man and sending him crashing to the ground. One down, five to go I thought. The next man was going to push me, his arms outstretched to push me, I nimbly jumped up onto his left arm and kicked his head with my right foot. He crashed to the ground, causing another man to trip over him. Two men tried to work together, one trying to punch me in my head, the other trying to punch me in the gut, but I jumped up, avoiding both the punches, and at the same time, knocking both of their heads together, cliche style. That left two guys, what appeared to be Arlong's father and one of his henchmen. "You won this time rich boy, next time circumstances will be much different" Arlong's father said, he and his men who wern't knocked out leaving, and carrying their unconscious with them.
I watched them leave, making sure they didn't go near Vivi. I then turned to the blonde waitress who was hiding behind the counter, putting a bundle of money on it. "Im terribly sorry miss, here's money to repay for the damage" I told her. "Thank you mister, I won't forget this" she told me, her lips curving into a smile. "Don't mention it" I told her with a smile, turning around to take my leave. "Let me at least know your name?" she asked. I didn't bother to turn around, "Chase Carver V". There was a silence "Mines Lucy" she said. "It's a pleasure" i said turning around and giving her a grin, and then taking my leave, hoping that Vivi was okay.
I sighed in relief as I saw Vivi sitting in the car. I opened the passenger door and was about to give her a hug when she looked at me with tears in her eyes. I stepped back in surprise, not really knowing what to do at first. "Chase...don't you ever worry me like that again" she said, giving a broken smile at the end and collapsing into my arms. I held her as she cried into my arms, "It's okay, i promise you I won't send you away next time, you can go and hide, and even help me if it makes you feel better" I said. "O-okay" she said, retracting from my arms and sniffling. "Just know I'll always protect your life over mine, and no matter what you say you can't change my mind" I told her with a serious tone. "Well then I'll be there to help you then" she said, serious too. "Okay" I said, giving her a kiss. "Would you want to go anywhere else or would you like to continue our book date in my library?" I asked her as we got into the vehicle. "Let's finish that date" she winked at me, seeming like her old self again. I turned the key in the ignition, backing out of the parking lot and accelerating back towards my house.
We made it back in twenty minutes or so, having three hours until the others arrived. I lead her to the library, it was actually the room right across from the Recreational room. "Wow Chase, it's so cozy!" she exclaimed. It was a medium to large sized room, with several bookshelves lining the walls, with tables, lamps and couches in the middle of the room. "Yes it is" I said with a smile, taking off my sweatshirt, leaving me with a black v-neck on, and my necklaces of course. Vivi and I proceeded to pick out a book from the many shelves, we then choose a two seater couch, me laying on it sideways and her laying in my lap. We stayed like that, reading, for a long while, until she finally went to sleep. I sighed, she looked so adorable when she slept. She had been reading "Mice and Men", while I was simply reading a book on Augmentation. I decided I'd go up to my office to get some paperwork done, for my parent's old companies couldn't run themselves, someone had to pay them and get money in return. I managed to get up without waking her, kissing her head before I left, making sure to put a blanket on her. I walked up the stairs to my office, singing "Oh what a wonderful world".
Hey Guys! So I know this is a short chapter but the next one should be longer. Fairy Tail will be introduced next chapter, but im not going to list it as a crossover. I also didn't take too much time to explain the fairy tail characters, basically their eye and hair color is all I did, so if you want to see what they look like, just look them up because I did put the names in it. The next chapter should be out later today or tomorrow! Cheers!
