Heya! First of all, I'm well aware that this chapter might be the shortest I've ever written xD Sorry xD But honestly, I'm more troubled about the chapter itself than the length of it ^^"Anyway, I hope you enjoy it! xD

Chapter 14: Ready! Fight!

Faustus sighed, while scratching the back his head. "Seriously, there's no need to make such a commotion. But I guess there's nothing else to be expected." He shrugged.

"You sound like you know who came", Lucy stated, furrowing her brow.

"Well, Smartie, there aren't a lot of possibilities", Faustus laughed. "Every real person that was on the illusionary island is logically somewhere here, in close proximity; except you too, the only ones left are the straw-hats."

Lucy had already thought of that. She had been wondering what those guys were doing, they didn't seem like the type that would just wait calmly until something happened. She was relieved that they were alright but also feared the fight they were about to encounter. Crux and Joker were no ordinary opponents and their men probably shouldn't be taken lightly as well. And Natsu was acting strangely too. He had been quiet this whole time which was very untypical for the Dragon Slayer. Lucy dared to glance over to him. His head was hanging down with his hair covering his eyes. All signs of resistance were gone and he seemed to be sleeping. The shock and fear must have been written on Lucy's face because Faustus suddenly started laughing maliciously.

"That fool must have resisted too much! His magic was probably sucked out faster!"

Grinding her teeth Lucy glared at the freakish scientist when she heard Natsu say something.

"Who's the fool?"

Her head jerked his way and relief shot through her whole body. Natsu's head was still dropped but she could clearly see the cheeky grin on his face, sweeping away all her worries and fears. Suddenly, Natsu's hands were lit on fire and he was roaring furiously.

Faustus laughed scornfully, covering his forehead with his palm. "Are you really that stupid? By doing that you're just feeding my little plants, you can't escape."

A confident smile appeared on Lucy's face; she knew what Natsu was trying to do. Faustus didn't even know about it. The power of a Dragon Slayer.

The fire started to wrap around Natsu's whole body, burning the plants which were wrapped around his ankles and wrists. Lucy's confident smile turned into an overjoyed grin. 'He did it!'

Natsu was now standing in front of her untying those annoying plants and Lucy took a peek over his shoulder to see the staggered expression on Faustus's face, turning into an expression of pure fury. Once she was untied, Natsu turned around to look at Faustus.

"How did you do that?" Faustus hissed.

"By using flames", Natsu simply stated – as though it wasn't obvious.

"Don't screw with me, you damn brat!"

Natsu looked completely serious, though. Could it be…? Natsu did that without thinking? He used so much of his magic that the plants couldn't keep up with it and burned. Lucy thought he acted knowing what he was doing but then again… Since when did Natsu think about his next move? She shot a speechless look at him. 'I should have known that this idiot didn't know what he was doing. And here I thought I knew how he is…'

"Listen, you old geezer!" Natsu pointed a finger at Faustus. "You bring us back to our world now or else I'll beat you to a freaking flounder!"

Faustus made a thoughtful sound with his hand on his chin while looking at us. There was no way he'd send us back just like that. Even with a threat like that. "Fine", he said.

'WHAT?'

The next moment, Faustus raised his arms and, closing his eyes, started murmuring something unintelligible to Lucy. And suddenly, everything disappeared.

"Luffy!" Nami yelled. "Stop thrashing everything! They will notice us!" That rubber head! They had been so careful when entering this damn mansion but this idiotic captain was about to ruin her flawless plan! "LUFFY!"

"You guys seem to be enjoying yourselves", a voice from the corridor next to her said. Nami's head shot sideways and she noticed the person leaning against the wall. Standing there was a man with dark red hair and a scar on his forehead. She recognized him immediately. Lucy had described this person to her and if she was right then he was the guy called Crux. According to Lucy he was a quite a creepy subordinate of Faustus.

When their eyes met, he let out a loud laugh. "Now, now, aren't you quite the chick, girly?"

Damn! Nami's plan had been completely ruined! She took out her Clima Tact. "Where are Lucy and Natsu?"

Suddenly, a black and yellow flash shot past her and Crux was kicked before being able to answer, smashing into the wall left from her. Sanji was standing there with his hands in his pocket, furiously looking down at the red-head. "Don't go around calling a lady a "chick", you shitty bastard."

Nami heard a chuckle from Crux who was now standing up, pushing the rocks which fell on him after he crashed against the wall aside. "Now, aren't you interesting, Mr. Butler", he said with a creepy grin while the look in his eyes was turning into a mixture of cruelty and enjoyment. "It seems fighting you is gonna be interesting."

*coughs* Well, yeah, I had trouble with it, obvious, isn't it? xD Anyway thanks again for the reviews, follows and favs and please inform me of any mistakes~ xD

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