Heya! :3 I'm back from my class-trip and I was thinking a lot about how to go on with the story during the past week until I had an idea :D so I decided to write this chapter before going on with the main story BUT don't think that it's just a filler type of thing because it's essential ;D Soooo... Here's chapter 9! :3
Chapter 9: Secrets on Board
„Good night", he said and soon after that Lucy heard the silent closing of a door. She opened her eyes, staring at the ceiling and trying to think while ignoring the blush creeping up her face. Natsu just kissed her cheek. He actually did that. Natsu. Lucy couldn't think. The only thing on her mind was the thought that her friend went out of his way and did such a thing. Not that she didn't like it. On the contrary. But Natsu was not the type for such an action. Why did he do that? That was really unnatural for Natsu who had always been acting like a friend. They had hugged a lot, that was normal, but a kiss was certainly not. Did that mean he liked her? Was Natsu even able to think of somebody that way? Lucy didn't mean to insult her friend but he didn't seem like a person who knows anything about love, in a romantic way. And yet he kissed her cheek. Maybe it was just a kiss between very good friends? Maybe he didn't think much of it? 'That's right, Lucy, don't think too much of it. That idiot probably doesn't even know what that means to you', she thought and turned on her right side. And even though she tried to shake it off, she could still feel his warmth as her eyes closed and she drifted off to sleep not noticing that a certain girl was watching her back.
She had known that there was something between those two!
Nami's intuition was never wrong! With love and affection it was the same as finding treasures. If Nami said there are feelings, then there most definitely are. But she had never imagined Natsu to be that assertive. That guy probably didn't even know what those emotions were and simply followed his instincts. She couldn't blame him after all she knew of a certain somebody who was just like that.
Lucy seemed pretty shocked, seeing that she hadn't moved at all since her friend had left. Nami wondered what she thought about when Lucy suddenly turned around, facing the wall. Now looking at her back, Nami couldn't help but be amazed at how engrossed the blonde was in her thoughts; she didn't even notice the navigator staring at her. Almost immediately Nami sensed that the girl's breathing seemed to get steadier but just to be sure Nami waited a bit longer before getting up and walking towards the deck.
It was a nice starry night and the wind was blowing coolly; it felt refreshing. Nami walked towards the figurehead and leaned on the railing, her eyes looking forward.
If they kept on going this way they would arrive in about 4 days. There was another, smaller island on their way, where they could search for more information. The enemy was not a person she wanted to meet unprepared. It wasn't enough that there were millions of freaks in this world, now even the ones from other worlds were coming over to visit and cause problems. That was certainly something to worry about. What the hell was that shitty government doing? Faustus seemed to be pretty much on the same level as Caesar. A complete bastard.
Suddenly, Nami felt somebody standing behind her and the next moment a pair of arms was wrapped around her shoulders. One of her hands flew upwards and touched her visitor's hand which was as warm as always. A hand which had fought countless battles but which still had the warmth of a human.
"Can't sleep?" Nami asked, looking at the sky.
"Yeah", a voice behind her said silently.
That was… unexpected. Natsu was standing behind a wall so those two were not able to see him but he was able to see them. And what he saw was really unexpected.
He would have never thought that those two were going out. Or at least he thought they were, since they seemed like a couple to him. But Natsu still never imagined that they were like this. Then again, he didn't really care. It was their business and 'love' was not a topic he knew much about or wanted to know about. He turned around and started exploring the ship some more. What Natsu wanted to know was what was happening to him. Whenever he looked at Lucy he felt strange. It was not an unpleasant feeling but Natsu knew that it was not normal.
Before, it hadn't been like this. He'd never felt this up until some days ago. When did it start again? Right, on the day Lucy had been taken hostage by Crux and Joker. Was it their fault? Maybe they used some of this world's weird magic on him. He should ask the reindeer tomorrow since thinking about this strange magic was only giving him a headache. He didn't understand how it worked. What was up with those weird fruits? Were they like a Lacrima? But a Lacrima was not a fruit, right? Natsu had eaten it once at it certainly did not taste like a fruit at all. It tasted gross. Really gross.
Lucy said that Faustus used Lacrima for something but he didn't understand that either. Ha had been trying but no matter how much he thought there was something bothering him. Maybe he should just stop thinking; he didn't like it. Every time he started thinking, at some point, he would end up racking his brain as to why he was feeling like this and what it had to do with Lucy. See? He did it again. This was really irritating. He definitely needed to talk to Chopper the next day.
All this while, neither the straw-hats nor the two mages on board were aware that somebody was watching. From the night sky a certain woman had been observing everything. She had seen the blonde one and the pink one lying on deck, looking at the stars. She had seen the orange one thinking and her friend walking up to her while being observed by the pink one. But not only that. She had also seen the man with the sword offering the crew his help. And she had seen much more things happening on that ship during night but of course nobody else knew about that. Nobody except her and the others.
Soooo? What do you think? xD I have the feeling that my writing sucks but I can't help it, sorry xD Putting that aside I'm quite content with this chapter x3 I wonder if you guys know who Nami's friend is~~ and who that woman is~~~ :D Do you? Do you? :D
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