Her Champion
Author`s note: I wake up from my slumber and sit upon my bed. I let out a yawn before smiling.
"Man I am so glad I don`t have to work until 17. January. Hahaha," I say with glee as I pick up my phone and look at the time and date.
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"NNNNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO" A loud shout was heard throughout my house.
Yep, it`s a dreadful day when you wake up to realize your vacation is over.
And that you`re late for work.
Welp, I am back in my seat here in the company, so expect faster updates. Usually, I write them during my job because I finish all the work that I am needed to do, before the end of the shift and I have a lot of spare time.
Also, my vacation went great. Thanks for asking.
Okay enough of talking from me, you came here to read not to listing to me talking pointless things.
So Enjoy.
Chapter 6
Making a deal
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN NO!" Erza shouted at the chained up dragon slayer who has laid back down on the cold cobblestone ground. Her hands gripped the bars of his cell tightly in anger.
"I won`t do what you tell me to do" He simply said with his eyes closed and his hand behind his head like a makeshift pillow.
"I am the strongest knight here and the princess of Alvarez. How dare you -"
"Don`t care." Came a replay from Natsu
Erza was silent. For a god knows how many times was she rendered speechless in these past two days. She could not believe the guts of this man. Would he rather suffer than have the honor to fight in the name of a person like her? Anyone would have jumped at such an opportunity, but this guy no.
This guy does not care. He simply does not care.
"You know you don`t have a choice at that matter," Erza said with a smirk "For I hold your fate in my hand's little dragon, it would not be wise to disobey me."
She watched him slowly sit up from his laying position and lock eyes with him the moment he lifted up his head to look at her. They stared each other down, both of them not letting go of their resolve.
After a few seconds, the words came from the dragonslayer.
"Do your worst princess"
Erza was taken aback by a coldness in his voice. But shook that feeling away before Natsu could notice. She forced her magic through the stamp on her right shoulder making it glow bright red, at the same time the collar around Natsu`s neck begins to glow the same color.
"By my words. You will fight in my name, bleed for my honor and die for my goal. Now became my champion" Erza ordered her command.
Natsu set there in silence, feeling small sparks already tingling at his body from the inside. A sensation that sent a shiver down his spine as he knew that the pain will hit him as soon as he spoke.
But he did not care.
"Screw yo- AHHHHHHHHHHHGGGGGGGGG!" He roared out in pain and fell back down on his back with yellow lightning surrounding his body. Erza watched him scream in pain as his body was twitching in agony. Her smirk all the while.
But very slowly that smirk left her face and concern replaced it. She bit down lightly on her lower lip as the screaming continued. After 5 minutes which for Natsu felt like hours, the lighting disappeared from around his body and left him in still present pain.
He was breathing heavily, sweat was covering his whole body as cold cobblestone floor sent a shiver down his warm and still hurting back. He was surprised that he did not pass out.
Erza stopped forcing magic into her dragon stamp, making the collar around his neck stop glowing and lighting to vanish around him. She shook her head from side to side in order to get rid of the guilt that she was feeling.
"I see you`re still conscious, I am amazed truly." Erza said in impressed tone "Now then as I was saying-"
"Oh shut up..." a weak voice but still filled with coldness spoke back at her.
Erza`s eyes widen at the sight of Natsu sitting back up, before getting on one knee. His body shook in agony, his breathing heavy, his mind almost completely shut down but he still manages to rise a little.
"You... (huff, huff) think...(huff) you can...(huff) just order me around, like I am but a tool. (huff, huff) You think that... (huff, huff) I will just put my head down and sub come to your will...(huff, huff) like I`m some kind of dog" He said with head down
"Well... You got another thing coming princess" He raised his head to look at her with his onyx eyes burning with determination "I will get out of here and continue my journey to find my father... No matter how much pain I have to endure, no matter how many times I will have to fight, I will find him and there is nothing you or your kingdom can do to stop me."
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Erza was... More or less surprised by this newfound resolve from Natsu. She felt a wave of inspiration fill up her body as she listens to him. This man... all he wanted to do, was to find his father... She did not know why but the way he talked, the way his eyes looked at her and the way his body was still holding up, even after 5 minutes of lighting going through it he was still getting up.
It reminded her of someone... But she couldn`t remember who. She put her hand under her chin and begin to think. He obviously will not give in to her will, nor will he agree if she continued punishing him and if she continued to punish him, she would most likely kill him.
And she didn`t want to kill him just yet.
So if brute force won`t work and torture won`t work. What other way is there?
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(DING! A light bulb popped above Erza`s head)
She could trick Natsu into thinking she knows where Igneel is, and by that he will win the tournament for her and another step to her dream will be taken. Her status, name, and strength will be known throughout the entire kingdom of Fiore.
Erza grinned as she sets her plan into motion. She unlocks the cell doors and walked towards still kneeling Natsu, she now stood above his kneeling position looking down at him as if he was an inferior creature.
"Alright little dragon, how about we make a deal?" This made Natsu raise his eyebrow in question "If you become my champion and win this tournament for me. I`ll set you free and even tell you where you can find your father."
Natsu`s eyes widen at the proposal and was about to agree with her but stopped as he realized that she might be tricking him. He let out a growl as an angry frown appeared on his face.
"Don`t you mess with me... You don`t know a thing about me. So what could you possibly know about my father?" Natsu said in an angry tone
Erza stood silently for a second before answering "I know that you can use fire dragonslayer magic, I know that you were trained by a dragon and that that dragon is the king of all fire dragons Igneel."
Her words shocked Natsu, for they were all true. His father Igneel was a fire dragon king and he was a true dragon. Nobody knew about it for Natsu does not have many friends, nor did he have time to explain to people who were trying to help him. He was always on the move in his search. He fell on his ass with his hands in his lap.
"How... How do you know that?" He asked
"My mother. She is the one who invented the dragonslayer magic" This made Natsu even more shocked "She is also the one who created your father and the other elemental dragons like him."
Natsu was silent for a few seconds trying to wrap his head around what he just found out. After a minute of silence, he came up with his next question.
"Sooo... She created Igneel?"
"Yes."
"So... He is like her son?"
"... I guess you can look at it that way"
"And I am Igneel, son..."
"Yes?..."
"Doesn't that mean that she is like... my grandmother?"
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"Which makes you my-?"
"SHUT UP!" Erza yelled at Natsu making him jump slightly from the loud sound "Listen I am offering you my help which is something I rarely ever do, now do you accept?"
Natsu thought about it for a few minutes before asking Erza "What`s in it for you?"
"I get to take one step closer to achieving my dream," Erza said, her eyes beginning to have a faraway look "I want the world to know my name, to respect it, fear it, worship it. I want the world to know that men are not the only ones who are strong and are able to protect. And after that I want my name to be heard even further, far away even beyond the heavens."
She puts her right fist over her hearth and stood with her head held high.
"That is my dream."
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"That`s stupid"
"WAHHH!" Erza yelled as she fell back in shock. She quickly got back up and put her hands on her armored hips and yelled angrily at Natsu. "WHAT DO YOU MEAN THAT`S STUPID!"
Natsu put his pinky in his right ear to stop the ringing from Erza`s voice. "Jeez woman, lower your volume there are people still sleeping here. It`s stupid because there is no meaning to it." He said making Erza give him a confused look.
"Are you stu-" Erza tried to say but he interrupted her
"What I mean to say by that, is that there is no real point to it. All you are doing is for your own gain and not for anyone else's" He crossed his legs into a lotus position and his arms over his chest. "Like you`re a princess right? Don`t you want your goal to be something like, make your people feel safer or destroy all possible monsters around your kingdom in case they become a threat, or make your mother proud of her daughter."
At the last mention, Erza`s head fell, her eyes finding a floor to be the most interesting thing in the room. It has been a long time since she gave up on trying to impress her mother, that was once her goal and now it was but a hollow memory. Her mother showed her what kind of person she truly is and she will not give her a second chance to redeem herself.
"My dream is mine and mine alone. That is all you need to know little dragon" She said with bearly any emotions. Natsu took notice of this, he noticed that Erza did not like to talk about her mother. For reasons, he did not know but for some reason when he sees her like this, he can`t help but feel sorry for her. Of course, he was not going to show it, but he still felt sorry for her.
After another moment of silence, Natsu let out a sigh as he made his decision. Healed from the pain in his body thanks to his magic, he stood up from the ground so that he was eye level with Erza. He rolled his shoulder`s and neck, feeling and hearing a satisfied "CRACK" sounds as he stretched his tired limbs.
Erza once again as he was stretching got a glimpse of his perfect six-pack and muscular chest. Her cheeks became hot as she blushed from looking at his body.
"He has such a perfect body, almost as if it was carved by gods them-" She stopped thought from finishing with a quicky shake with her head. Natsu`s eyes once again locked with her`s when he stopped stretching his tired limbs.
"Okay..."
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"What?" Erza asked, not believing what she heard
"I said alright... I`ll be your champion" Natsu said not excited about this at all "But on a condition that you lead me to Igneel and you let me eat as much food as I want, are we clear?"
Erza thought about it before shrugging, not seeing the food as a big deal "Whatever, it`s not like he will eat the whole kitchen dry." She thought without care. "Alright."
This poor naive girl.
Erza smiled as she took a step back and extended her hand to him with the back of it facing him. "Then upon this hand, sware your loyalty and I should uphold our deal."
Natsu walked closer and kneeled down taking her hand into both of his. He removed her gauntlet and embraced the soft, creamy skinned hand with both of his rough ones. Erza blushed at the warmness of his hands around her own, once again forcing her to hide her blush from him. He placed his head on the back of her hand and started his vow.
"Pain..." Erza heard him say, her eyes going back to him. He has bowed down to her now, his hair shadowing his eyes.
"Agony" He continued
"Your wrath burns through the mountains" She felt his hands becoming warmer "The kingdoms quake beneath your feet"
"Now... I take a vow that I will carry out your ambition and if anyone dares to oppose me..." Natsu slowly begins to raise his head "The whole of our enemies will break"
Erza and Natsu locked eyes again, both holding each other gaze as Natsu finished.
"And all will burn beneath the shadow of my flames..."
With that, the deal is sealed. The princess and her champion have begun their journey.
Author`s note: Here you are boys and girls. I hope you liked it. These last seven sentences are a reference, have fun finding out where it is from.
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