Author's Note: Alright, were getting somewhere! Let's see what Plue is up too! By the way, I'm going to take next week off. I have a busy schedule these days and I can't come up with much of an idea on where to go with this. I'm going to take next week off so I can also come up with Chapter 10 and take a breather cause lately, I've been exhausted and running on empty with writing this.
Chapter 9 : To the Rescue.
Plue trudged in the forest for an hour. He needed to save Lucy and fast! He stopped by a dead tree and took a large breath. Plue really didn't want to do this, all he wanted was to cuddle up with Lucy or at least return home to the Spirit World.
He continued his little quest until he came across something; footprints. A group of men's footprints! Plue, being a dog spirit got on all fours and took a whiff. He prayed to The Celestial Spirit King that he had dog like scenes and fortunately, his prayers were answered with a smile! Plue followed the trail and soon found the three men walking the trail.
"That castle has to be somewhere." Natsu muttered.
"Where are we anyway?" Loke asked.
"Don't know, as long as we find blondie and get this quest over with." Gajeel grumbled.
"P-puun~! P-ppuuunn~!" Plue called out.
"Plue!" screamed Natsu "You're ok!"
"Pu-puun~!"
"Where's Lucy boy?" Plue pointed in the direction of the castle.
"I think he's trying to tell us which way The Castle is." Loke pointed out.
"No crap." Gajeel grumbled "Let's go save blondie already. The quicker she saved, the quicker I get that heart." The lion and scarecrow exchanged glances before nodding and following Gajeel and Plue.
"That's a lot of guards." Natsu muttered when he saw the amount of guards guarding The Castle "How the hell are we gonna get in?"
"I-I just hope they don't spot us." Loke shivered.
"Let me handle this you sissies." Gajeel grumbled. They hid in a spot and watched as three guards were walking by. Gajeel, Loke and Natsu grabbed the three guards and beat them up.
"This outfit is so damn tight!" Natsu muttered.
"Shaddup!" Gajeel growled "Just blend in and don't act out of character." The men joined the line of guards and entered the castle without hesitation.
Lucy was still handcuffed to the wall in the witch's room. It had been thirty minutes ever since she left and she'll be coming back in another thirty continued to study the room until she noticed something;
"Plue!" she whispered Oh God, where is he? I hope he's safe, I would never forgive myself if he got hurt. She let out a long sigh; she really hoped Plue was ok.
"Lucy?" a voice called out "Are you in there?" Lucy looked up at the door.
"Natsu!" she screamed happily "Thank God you're here!"
"Hang on, we'll get out out!" Ka-boom! The door was broken off it's hinges thanks to Gajeel's Iron Dragon's Club. They ran over to the spot Lucy was being held captive.
"Tch," Gajeel grunted "Looks like she uses iron shackles and titanium tumblers... Piece of cake." Gajeel turned his finger into a lock pick picked the locks on Lucy's shackles.
"Pupuun~~~!" Plue said out loud.
"Plue!" Lucy screamed happily "You're ok!" She hugged the small spirit in her arms.
"He found us in the forest and lead us to you." Loke replied "he was really worried about you." Lucy smiled; She loved Plue with all her heart and was glad he was safe and that he saved her.
"Oi!" Gajeel screamed while going through a few folders "I found those bikini shots. LEt's get the damn broom and get the hell out of here!"
"Can't we find a bathroom first?" pleaded Natsu "I haven't went since our journey to-"
"I heard voices!" a voice suddenly broke out. The group looked at the door and realized that the guards were outside "Someone get The Witch, we gotta break this door open!"
"Quick! Let's get out of here!" Loke screamed. A rope was found and they tied it to the window and slid down.
"Let's get the hell out of here!" Gajeel screamed.
"What about the broom?!" Lucy asked.
"Screw that! The old fart only cares about those bikini shots. As long as we have those we'll get what we want!" They began to run through the court yard in hope's to find the exit. Soon, the guards arrived and surrounded the trio.
"Where the hell is Natsu?" Lucy asked Loke and Gajeel.
"Well well well." said an evil laced voice "Look at the little birdies who are trying to fly away." the owner of the voice made her way through the crowd and smiled at the team; it was MiraJane "We're going to have to teach you guys a lesson."
