Natsu growled as he punched a Sabertooth's man in the face. They've been fighting for a while now, and it seems that no ones even close to winning yet. Suddenly, a loud horn call came out of nowhere. The person the pinkette was recently fighting ran to the ship where rope hung off the side.
"A retreat call?" Gray mumbled as we watched them scatter. "It's just because they're scared." Natsu boasted out. Rolling his eyes, he started over to Juvia who was panting on the ground.
"You okay Juvia?" Gray whispered. Juvia looked up at him, her whole face lighting up when she saw it was. "Gray-sama!" she squealed, clutching onto his arms. Natsu watched from a far. He rolled his eyes when Gray continued to have a normal conversation with the lovesick girl.
Jogging back to the other side of the castle, he saw the trap door open and people sobbing at the bottom. Jumping down he caused more kids to scream in fear. "What's going on?" he demanded. Lisanna looked up to him with pained eyes. She was about to speak when Asuka tugged the pinkettes pants.
"Natsu-kun," she whimpered. He kneeled down to her height, allowing for the girl to go on. "Save Lucy-san…please." She whispered before burying her face into his pants. He looked up at the sisters confused. He then noticed that Lucy wasn't there with them.
Lisanna placed a hand on his shoulder, tears silently falling down her cheeks. "Natsu, I'm sorry. Sabertooth came down here, they threatened they would steal the kids. Lucy sacrificed herself for them. We tried to stop her but she wouldn't listen.
~Later~
Fairy Tails group sat in Masters quarters. Everyone was chattering worriedly, glancing from side to side, not sure what was going to happen next. The old man then jumped on his front desk, taking everyone's attention from his or her conversation to the old man.
"Minna, I've heard that Lucy has been captured. Am I right." The small group nodded. Nodding his head, Master explained, "We need a plan to get her back," someone interrupted in the crowd. "Tell us something we don't know!" they yelled. Clearing his throat, Gramps continued, "I'm planning that we send only a few people down there to rescue Lucy while reinforcements stand by." Everyone nodded.
"Who's gonna go down there Gramps?" Natsu asked, hoping one of the few peoples was him. He hated how he wasn't there to protect her; he felt that it was his fault. '
Master pointed to the people he mentioned, "Natsu, Erza, Mira, Gray, Bisca, and Wendy. You will go down to get Lucy out of there. The rest of you will be at the ship as reinforcements. Understood?" the group nodded. "Good. Let's get going now." He jumped off the desk and led everyone out into the loading deck where Fairy Tails ship laid.
~With Lucy~
The blonde was shoved through the dark hallways of Sabertooth. Everything was murky and dark. The air was moist and its stench grew more the deeper she was pushed in.
A man was waiting by a cell. He had some kind of hat on his head, his beard bright blonde. She couldn't see pupils in his eyes making her shiver. A red ball necklace hung around his neck; his chest was bare at the moment, his pants hanging around his ankles. He had on brown boot that went under the pants.
Lucy was pushed out in front of him making her yelp in fright. Jiemma grabbed her hair and pulled it under his nose to sniff. He grinned at the girl making chills go up her back. "How interesting. I might have no use to you, now anyways. But I'm sure the rest of the boys would love to have you as their new toy." He cackled as the blonde's eyes widened in fear.
Pushing her into the cell, he slammed the cells door shut. It was completely dark in the cell making her whimper. This room reminded her too much of her old bedroom. Darkness, empty, with a battered body in the middle. Curling up into a ball, she started to cry in fear. She hated this, scared. The only this that lifted her spirits was that she saved those kids from being taken.
Lucy felt someone tap her shoulder making her scream and back away in fear. There was a shadowed figure in front of her, crouched down. She could see the whites of his eyes with the pupil in the middle. "Hey, you okay there?" the figure asked softly. "W-who are you?" the blonde hiccupped. Could this place get any scarier?
The figure smiled, "Jellal, Jellal Fernandez." He introduced himself. "L-Lucy." She whispered back. Smiling softly, he approached her again, but more slowly. "Why are you crying?" he asked, pulling her into a secure hug. She stiffened a bit before relaxing in his arms. "That man out there and the dark." She mumbled.
Laughing, he squeezed the girl a bit. "Jiemma can be scary. And don't worry, I'll protect you from the darkness." He said bravely making her giggle. Jellal reminded the blonde a lot of Natsu. How silly he was but serious at the same time.
"So how did you get here Lucy?" Jellal asked. The blonde snuggled into the figure before sighing out. "I was trying to protect a some kids from being captured." Jellal gasped, "Really? I got here by protecting someone too. Small world huh?" he chuckled. "Not really." She giggled.
"Hey, you stopped crying!" the man cheered. The blonde blushed, "Yeah, I guess I did huh?" Jellal smirked, "And all thanks to me." He boasted. She hit his upper arm, laughing now.
"So who were you trying to protect? A girl a recon?" Lucy teased. She felt Jellal nod against her shoulder. "Really? Who?" Lucy asked, now curious. "Her names Erza Scarlet." He sighed in bliss from just thinking about her.
"E-Erza?" Lucy stammered.
~A/N~
Luvviez: I'm sorry it's so short. But I've been typing for six hours and I'm really tired now. Again I'm sorry.
The Reader- My life is going well for me right now, but…something's coming up soon and…yeah I don't feel like talking about it right now. And man, you've pretty much understand what's going on in the story right now. Thanks for the nice comments, this last review made me seriously blush. Your simply to kind.
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