AN: Oooh, yep I know a super quick update compared to how I usually am. Well I really wanted to get to this point in the story, so all I've been focused on this week writing wise, was this. I hope you like it.
Btw, I used Jewels as currency here so prices seem an even larger amount than they really are. Jewels are like Japanese currency, go figure, so for every US dollar it's about 100 Jewels. I use specific jewel amounts like 8,500,000 which basically equates to 85,000 dollars, 1,000,000=10,000, 100,000,000=1,000,000 and so on.
More craziness and drama ensues.
Just as they had rounded into the room, Lucy had finished placing the third box of books into their shelves. She turned around from her squat on the floor, just in time to see Levy puffing out her cheeks adorably at the brute. Like yesterday their height difference was amusing, and made even more noticeable as they walked in next to each other.
Lucy noticed several bags of takeout in Gajeel's hands and had an idea of why it took them so long to get back. His red gaze landed on her and she almost had to force herself to smile in greeting. It was odd, she usually wasn't this irked by a person.
"Sorry Lu-chan, when I found Gajeel he was complaining about food and me taking too long, so we decided to quickly go buy some..." Levy said with an apologetic smile and the slightest tilt to her head.
"Don't worry about it Levy-chan," Lucy sighed as she patted the dust off her hands onto her high-waisted shorts covered toosh. "I was able to get a lot of these books onto the shelves, so it was time well spent I guess, haha."
"Aw Lu," Levy came up to the buxom blonde and gave her loving squeeze.
Lucy, warmed by the gesture, returned the hug.
"You put them up all wrong but it's okay. I'll redo it later."
"Really?" Levy nodded as the girl pushed away from her grasp. She didn't want to trash the woman's hard work but it was true. It was good that she used the proper ordering including Dewy Decimal, but her blonde friend had forgot she separated first editions and autographed books from the rest…
"Hey I hate to break up this love fest and all ya two go goin, and as hot as it would be ta see ya continue," Gajeel dropped the bags in his hands to the floor and sat down where he stood in a huff and a cross of his arms, "I aint got all day here. I still need ta help my friend move in too, so could we get this thing goin?" The man sighed and Lucy finally noticed his attire.
Unlike the all black and grey emoesque tattered clothing of yesterday, Gajeel was dressed in a red t-shirt with the short sleeves rolled up to his shoulders and showing of his bulky arms. The red of his shirt showed off his necklaces better of which she'd never noticed before. A chained dog tag and a curious looking cross—she didn't peg him as religious. Not to mention his piercings were even more noticeable as they lined up and down his ears, under his lip, around his nose, and oddly his eyebrows. His pants were black yet looked worn, with the same combat boots as yesterday. He looked like he was ready to work. Even his long black tame-less hair was pulled back into a pony.
Levy and her own attire were a complete contradiction, the petite woman settling for a cute flowery dress and white flats, while Lucy herself wore high fitted shorts that had fashionable little holes in them and a knitted crop top. Instead of working they looked like they were going to be on the cover of Sorcerer Weekly Spring Edition.
"Is he moving into the dorms too?" Lucy asked curiously while her and Levy further detangled.
Gajeel snorted, flicking open the first box of takeout. Lucy immediately noticed her mouth watering when the smell of fried chicken hit the room. Wow, she didn't realize she was hungry. "Nah, he's too much of an uppity asshole to live here."
Really? Lucy thought, these dorms were hardly that bad. She'd admit, hearing that his friend cared less for the dorms while she wanted nothing more than to move in annoyed her a little bit.
"He lives a few minutes away from here in an apartment." Gajeel finished after ripping a large chunk of meat off a large chicken tender with his shockingly sharp teeth. Lucy was then doubly surprised. She recognized the food as a specialty from a well-know restaurant chain and they didn't usually give that big of pieces. Lucy then decided he must've threatened them out of it. She couldn't imagine anyone testing a man with such a friendly disposition.
The girl made a 'bleh' sound as he ate, he definitely wasn't a pretty eater.
"Oh was it that guy you were talking to when I walked down to meet you?" Levy asked, finally taking her seat next to him and opening a box of her own. Lucy decided to do the same, when she sat Levy handed her a box similar to her own.
"Gray?" Gajeel chuckled. "No, but he's just as annoying as the flame-tard."
'Flame-tard?'
Levy hummed in response, and Lucy caught Gajeel watching as her friend pulled a strand of hair that wasn't held by her hair band behind her ear before she picked up a piece of chicken and ate carefully. He looked up to see Lucy looking at him with raised brows and turned away sharply to eat his food even faster, if possible. The man was already on his third box!
Hmm, Lucy guessed she just learned what his motivation was for helping them.
"What were you doing here at the school then if your friend lives off campus?" The blonde questioned more before digging into her own food. It looked just as delicious as it smelled and her stomach seemed to agree as it gurgled out in hunger. Seeing a packet of utensils by the left over bags, Lucy happily took them out of their container and dug in. "Are you a student too?" She asked, looking up after her first delicious bite.
"Well isn't someone nosy?" Gajeel smirked while leaning back on his hands. His meal seemingly finished with the boxes strewn around him. 'How was that possible?! Was he a competitive eater?'
Pushing her shock towards his rudeness to the side, Lucy indignantly huffed whilst Levy spoke up, "Yeah Gajeel-san, I would like to know too."
The ebony-haired man arched a brow towards the small woman next to him. He didn't think it was any of their business and would've normally stated so, definitely to strangers like these girls were, but for some reason he felt comfortable in their presence, especially to the blue-haired shrimp. Not to mention the blonde with the large jugs was fun to tease. Her nose scrunched up every time she pouted to make an amusing picture, reminding him of a cute, little rodent—and she wondered why he called her bunny girl.
"All this interest, I feel famous." Gajeel snickered, watching as it was the shrimp's turn to pout, the look on her face doing something funny to his heart. It was a moment until he noticed the blonde roll her eyes. "If you must know, I was moving in my own stuff to my dorm. Yeah, I go here."
Lucy and Levy watched with wide eyes as he pulled a thin silver nail out of seemingly thin air and started picking his teeth with it, "I'm a sophomore, what about you two?"
"We're incoming freshmen." Levy answered for the both of them after gather her bearings, a polite smile firmly settled on her face.
"Freshies, eh?" The man grinned mischievously and Lucy had to hold back a shiver of fear. That smile looked absolutely evil. Lucy silently cursed her small friend in her choice of friendships.
The girl being silently cursed at seemed to have the same thought process as she sweat dropped at the man.
Suddenly, he flicked his makeshift toothpick to the side of the room, garnishing a scandalized sound from Levy, "Alright, like I said I ain't got all day. Let's get started."
The russet hues of the sun were setting in the distance and the sound of crows overhead greeted Lucy as she finally left her class for the day. A week had past since she'd helped Levy move in and the buzz of college life was finally starting to settle down. They hadn't seen much of Gajeel after he helped set up the chair, rushing out the dorm when he got an angry sounding call from his friend.
Levy seemed a bit sad towards his absence, but surprisingly hadn't mentioned much of the man ever since.
The girl also seemed happy with her stay so far at the university. Giving Lucy the latest gossip she'd over heard in her dorms despite it only being the first week. She'd also talked about a girl she met that lived next door to her, complaining that even though the girl was seemingly innocent and nice, her and her boyfriend would often have loud, kinky-sounding sex in the middle of the night disturbing Levy's sleep.
Levy had even gone into unsolicited detail about the sounds they made during her rant producing a deep red hue on Lucy's face as she cried out for her friend to stop. The smaller girl had blushed after realizing what she'd said and apologized, but even now Lucy's cheeks tinted at the memory.
Lucy walked quickly down the stone path leading away from her class building. It was almost eerily quiet on campus as not too many people had class on Friday, especially not this late. Lucy felt herself get the hibbie jibbies at the creepiness of the atmosphere. Almost jumping out of her skin when a crow made a particularly loud caw causing her to almost fall over the chair of a random table. Lucy shivered at the feel of the cold metal grazing the skin of her bare thigh. The temperature was oddly chilly even though it was still summer.
Lucy sighed, she was being ridiculous. 'There was nothing to be scared of,' her brain chanted over and over...
"Lucy-sama."
"Eeep!" Her actions were a complete contradiction to her thoughts when she jumped and fell to her bum after the warmth of a hand landed on her shoulder. "Who comes up to a girl like that in the middle of nowhere?! I almost peed my pants." The blonde cried, her face quickly flushing red with embarrassment as she realized she'd said her angry expletive out loud.
Looking up from her undignified slump on the ground, the girl realized it was just her body guard Aria and his partner Totomaru lagging a bit behind him. "Sorry Lucy-sama, I didn't mean to frighten you."
Lucy scrambled to her feet before placing a hand behind her head, "No-no! I'm just out of it, sorry Aria-san." She laughed watching as Aria stayed his stoic self as he brought his hand back to his side, while Totomaru just cocked a brow, both she guessed, used to her weirdness.
Continuing to laugh awkwardly, Lucy decided to change the subject. "A-anyway, we should head to the car.." Turning around Lucy started her route to where her car usually waited, embarrassment still permeating off of her in waves.
Aria and Totomaru had been her guards for a while now, maybe 5 years since the last guys her father hired were fired. Typically, everywhere she went they would go also. Unless she went to spend the night at a friends like she did at Levy's last weekend. It was the only reason they were able to take the trip to campus alone.
Aria was really tall and deeply tanned, he had been labeled as legally blind since he was a child but he didn't let it hinder him. He was still considered one of the best in his field even with the disability. Totomaru had long black hair and fierce eyes, and from what she'd heard, was extremely good with a sword. Not that she thought he carried one, at least not one that she'd seen..
Early on in their employment, they had crowded her and it was distressing to say the least. Especially so, when she went shopping and wanted to try on clothes and they tried to go in the changing room with her. An angry blush had spread on her face and they were quickly and efficiently Lucy kicked out. Over the years they have been able to come up with an agreement to allow her some space. Standing outside the buildings she was in if they detected no danger beforehand. Even getting them to start acting more inconspicuous as they trailed her. Now, she only wished she could get them to dress more casually as well. But knowing her father he wouldn't allow it, it was already enough of a blessing that he agreed to as much as he did.
Lucy twitched, they walked an awful lot closer to her than usual today. Aria was on her left while Totomaru was on her right. She felt small and short in between their hulking figures. It was strange, instead of feeling like they were protecting her, it felt like they were making sure she didn't run off.
Was this something her father put them up to? Honestly where would she go? Lucy thought with a pout, glaring indignantly at the men as they kept their faces forward. Almost anxiously so…? They weren't necessarily comfortable around her but they were a lot more relaxed than this. Totomaru's arm behind her back seemed that close to grabbing ahold of her arm.
Maybe she was overthinking it?
Normally they would give her a large berth when she walked and even in their 5 years of knowing each other, conversation was kept to a minimum. She knew a bit about them after forcing it in the early years but gave up when they became unresponsive.
Maybe she should try again? "I-I hope I didn't take too long. You guys weren't too bored were you?" Lucy smiled amicably at the men. She had stayed in class longer to talk with the teacher about the pop quiz they'd had in class. If the rest of the curriculum was going to be as hard as that, Lucy knew she was going to be screwed.
"Not at all Lucy-sama." Aria answered in his usual monotone, whilst Totomaru stayed quiet.
"Oh, what were you guys up to then?" She'd always wondered what they did while she was out and about.
Silence~ And a tree leaf just happened to blow by with a random gust of wind to symbolize how how truly awkward it was.
Okay they weren't usually this rude! Lucy felt a spark of anger but it quickly diminished and she sighed. Really what was she expecting? It was worth a try though.
Totomaru opened the car door for her effectively squashing all thoughts of attempting to converse with them as Lucy slid into the Rolls Royce. She thought it was too fancy of a car to be picking her up from school in, she'd gained enough attention as it was from her name alone. Flashy expensive cars and hulking body guards were just too much.
Lucy settled in, but was forced to scoot farther when Aria slid in next to her. "Uh…" Lucy started, Totomaru was usually the one to sit in back with her, the man not needing as much seating space as his companion. She wanted to finish asking why the sudden change when another voice interrupted her.
"We all ready to go boys?" Lucy's eyes widened and anxiety ran through her bones when Totomaru scooted in from her other side, effectively sealing all of her exits.
The man who spoke snickered making Lucy look up to him. She was trying not to overreact but her danger senses were tingling and they peaked to an all time high when she got a look at the man's face.
"Yo-You're—!"
"In the flesh." The man smirked dully before righting himself in his seat and starting the ignition. "Hope you had a good day hunny, cause from here on out it's gonna be hell for you."
"What…?" Lucy's voice wobbled as panic ensued. What was the notorious criminal, murderer, and drug lord Acnologia doing in her car? She knew his name as quickly as she saw his face, he was always the center of attention on the news. The anchors treating him as if he were the biggest threat to ever happen to Magnolia. The police just couldn't catch a break in finding him either. She didn't understand why he was here, but she knew his presence had to be the furthest thing from good…she needed to get out of there fast.
Lucy sucked in a shaky breath, willing herself to calm down. Without thinking of the repercussions she would be in for lest her actions not work, her body worked on auto pilot as she flung herself to the front of the car attempting to twist the wheel and throw the car in neutral. She succeeded in that much, though as fate would have it, large rough hands grabbed onto her waist before she could climb to the front seat and scramble out of the car. She tried kicking them off but of course it was too late.
"You little bitch!" Acnologia yelled, his eyes flashing dangerously before he backhanded her. The force was so strong that she was thrown back into her seat, the hands of her most trusted guards holding her down. "This is why you drug her before you get into the car." Acnologia spat.
"We thought that'd be too suspicious boss." Aria replied, his voice cracking in ways she'd never heard before as he prepared something from a bag she'd just noticed sitting in the car, while Totomaru continued to hold her down.
"Tch, pathetic." Acnologia got the car back in alignment and threw it back into drive. The flashy car dashing down the street at top speed.
Lucy continued to fight, she couldn't believe this was happening to her. Did her father put them up to this? Did he hate her that much? Thoughts like these raced through Lucy's brain as tears burned her eyes igniting the feel of the sting on her cheek. She yelped, feeling hard fingers pull harshly at her hair, it's bun completely ruined. Lucy didn't let it hinder her when in the next second she was finally able to wiggle her legs out of Totomaru's grasp long enough to knee him in no man's land. She wasn't quick enough to fully break free though as arms grappled her down hard from behind along her ribs making her gasp in pain and all her strength leave her. It must have been sleeper hold he put her in.
Her vision clouded from the pain, all she was able to see in the next moments was a white cloth being pushed towards her face. The smell of chemicals strong and threatening to make her barf.
"Why?" Were the last words that died on her lips as the fabric was held painfully tight to her face and her world blackened out.
"Gentlemen…," The smell of cigarette smoke and a nauseating twist of perfumes and colognes alike assaulted Lucy's nose. Her gut twisted and clenched making her fight the urge to release the small snacks and breakfast she'd had that morning all over herself.
"…feast your eyes on this gem. She's probably the best product we've ever gotten coming through here..." Her head throbbed, a piercing pain shot through her skull every minute. Her hands felt numb, the distant feel of pins and needles shooting through her fingers.
"…She's a beauty isn't she. Looks befitting none other than that of a heir to such a world dominating coorperation…"
Her ears prickled at the muffled sounds of a man and the distant sound of smooth jazz.
Where was she? Lucy gasped as the cloud in her brain lifted and the pain in her body bloomed ten fold. She hadn't been hit or manhandled that hard in a while, since her father's last episode. A shiver ran though her as her other senses finally came back. Wherever she was, it was cold and her clothes couldn't seem to protect her from the biting chill.
"…Lucy Heartfilia!" A collective gasp sounded in the room as Lucy felt her ears pop. The utterance sending a sense of dread to floor through her. 'My name?! Why are they saying my name?'
The patter of hands coming together flitted through her brain, these people, they were clapping. Over her none the less.
Lucy squinted her eyes before fluttering her lengthy lashes open. She felt the weight of her body pulling on her arms above her, realizing then that she was tied up to something.
Her brown eyes felt pain from opening them after so long and she had to adjust them to the color contrasting room.
"Haha, yes. I see a few of you already pushing your buttons but please let me describe her further." A man with the same smooth charismatic voice from earlier spoke.
All she could see in front of her was pitch black darkness. Her form seemed to be the only thing illuminated in the room, bathed in the heady white light of a projector. Lucy turned her head numbly trying to see the man whom spoke so reverently about her, but all she could make of him was a shadow of his form, it was too dark.
That was, until he moved under her spotlight under his own volition and his face filled with false sincerity and gentleness was shown. Deft fingers drifted up her neck as it lolled, finally making purchase in her hair, releasing his hands from it with a fluid pull through making the honeyed strands glide through the air before falling gracefully back to her side.
"Look at this magnificent hair, so beautiful, as if was spindled with real gold." His cold fingers took hold of her chin and she flinched. Lucy wanted to move away but couldn't garnish the strength. "This face, no doubt she's worthy of her name and as the daughter of Layla Heartfilia. Maybe even more beautiful than her late mother." A few snickers and chuckles echoed around the room and Lucy definitely almost threw up.
She felt sick, how could he speak of her mother like that? Wanting to yell this out to him, all that left her parted lips was a muffled groan. Her eyes glanced down while his hands moved further down her body continuing their appraisal. Seeing the unmistakable red of a ball tied to her mouth, Lucy tried to yell out again—she'd been gagged!
"And this body, 38-26-38," the man smirked tapping along her large bust, small waist and wide hips with each number all the while looking out and seeing things in the crowd that she couldn't see. By the look on his face, his peers showed expressions of anything but innocence. "But don't let this body made for sex fool you, she's completely untouched as stated by our confidants, and our own little inspection."
'What did he mean by that?' Lucy whimpered, trying sluggishly to pull at her restraints above her head and her feet. It was no use, she had no strength.
After what felt like forever, Lucy was beyond thankful when his hands left her body and he moved a little ways away, "Now, to start the bidding. I can see how anxious you all are to get started." He drawled.
It was in those next moments that Lucy was finally able to see out in front of her. It was still dark, but she could see well enough. Men sat in upholstered, no doubt expensive, seats or lounges in their own dimly lit box like alcoves, all situated to look center stage where she was at as they were treated by waiters or other women lounging comfortably next to them. These men didn't seem like normal men either, they were dressed too elegantly and expensively for it to be so and most looked to be at least in their late 30s. Lucy gasped and shook with dull anger as she recognized a few faces as some of her father's business partners or men of great wealth and standing.
"As you all can tell, this girl is special, so you'll all understand that the starting price will be higher than usual." A few men shifted in their seats already ready it seemed. "Great. Let's start the bid at 8,500,000 Jewels, approximately 85,000 coins for you men from the beautiful western continent, Alakitasia." The host smiled.
Lucy watched as a few men pushed a device in their hands and held up a card with varying amount of Jewel numbers on them. "Ah, looks like we got 10,000,000 Jewels from Mr. Stinson."
Buzz
"15,000,000 up for Sir August," A wrinkled old man held up a card. A lustful smile in her direction taking over his face when he caught Lucy staring at him in fear.
Buzz
Buzz
Buzz
"24,000,000 going to Mr. Dreyar!"
So it was who Lucy thought, Ivan Dreyar, one of her father's most active partners. He wanted to defile her too?
Buzzes kept going off and more cards with ridiculous amounts of money were offered. Lucy could do nothing but hold off the tears in her eyes and look away in shame. Was her father really up to all this? As some form of punishment or threat for how he would throw her away for disobeying him?
She couldn't believe it, no matter how cruel the man was. Despite his attitude, and more than lack luster parenting over the years after her mother's death, she knew he did it all because he cared for her, for her well being. He had a vengeance that wanted more than anything to protect her from the causes that killed her mother… doing this would completely contradict that, it was the only reason Lucy couldn't believe he was behind it. Despite everything, she could feel her father loved her, at least…she'd hoped so. That hope was what kept her strong all these years. They were all each other had left.
"50,000,000 Jewels! History here at Club Magna in the making ladies and Gentlemen, thanks to Mr. Dreyar!" Lucy cried harder, she didn't care if the tears fell anymore. "Once, twice, so—!" Lucy sobbed, this couldn't be real. It just couldn't be!
"A-a 100,000,000 Jewels?!" The poor blonde girl looked up slightly with tears in her eyes, someone had betted that much on her? Unmistakably, a card was held in the hands of a man in the shadows of his recess in the wall. The black numbers lined to read only 10,000,000 but with another zero added to the end in black sharpie, proving this was no doubt the most money ever bided for. "Mr. Dragneel you can't be serious?" The host blanched.
"As a heart attack." The mysterious man chuckled. 'Dragneel?' Where had she heard that name before. As realization hit her, her brain locked it closed with a steel door, no, that man couldn't have possibly have been here. But as he stepped onto the stage and under Lucy's spotlight looking as handsome as she'd remembered; his serious façade putting the severity of a heart attack to shame—she couldn't deny the fact any longer. She was so shocked in fact that she didn't feel when her restraints were cut away from her, her mocha eyes barely catching as the rope fell onto the floor.
Her legs weren't able to hold her body up and she felt her world shift, watching as the pink haired man's brows furrowed once her legs gave out on her. Before she was able to hit the ground, warm large hands melded around her form and the smell of cinnamon and fire assaulted her nose as she was pulled into a firm chest. She shivered at the scent and idly thought about finding a place that could bottle it or make it into a candle.
"Let's go, princess." Lucy's heart skipped a beat, his voice was deeper and rougher than what she'd remembered on TV.
"Y-you can't be serious, Dragneel!" The man on the stage almost completely forgotten yelled.
Natsu looked up at the man with a cocked brow, "What's wrong Damien? You know I'm good for it.
"That's not the problem here sir, and you know it." The host, now named Damien spat. Natsu's green eyes gleamed and the man noticeably took a hard swallow.
"He's right Natsu-san." Out of the black abyss that was the middle ground between the alcoves and the stage, Ivan appeared. "Word has been going around about what you really do with the girls you buy here." Natsu's frown deepened. "We heard about that last girl, Lisanna Strauss was it?" Ivan crossed his arms.
"Yes, one of the Strauss sisters! Someone from a prestigious family, her worth in the top rank and we gave her to you! Only to find out later she was found free." The grim look on the man's face showed the implication was more than a small misdemeanor.
Ivan looked to Lucy, a lustful look she'd never really seen on his face before take over the man's eyes as they raked over her form. She felt instantly fear stricken at what his attempt would've been after buying her and disgusted, if Natsu hadn't been holding onto her waist she knew she would've fell. From the look in Ivan's eyes, he definitely wouldn't have given her back to her father, "And now you want to take the most valued thing to come through here, and set her free as well?" Ivan reached out to the girl but Natsu pulled her further to his side and glared death upon the man before he could.
"Like I told you," Natsu looked towards the shorter man—Damien, while Ivan's hand fell back to his side in a clinched fist while the man bristled, "Lisanna had run away, I didn't let her go. Now," Natsu picked up Lucy from under her knees bridal style. He did it so efficiently and quick, Lucy almost believed she weighed nothing despite knowing better. "Gray will give you the money I owe you, plus 1,000,000 Jewel more to make sure were on the same page."
Said man appeared as quickly as his name was spoke with a briefcase in hand. No doubt with the money inside. "You can't be seriously letting him do this?" Ivan scowled at Natsu's retreating figure before he disappeared into the darkness. Turning to the host only to see his eyes with stars as he salivated at the open brief case presented to him.
"Ca-cash?!" Damien asked in amazement, flicking through the crisp currency, holding it up to the stage light to see that in fact—it was real! Gray nodded before handing over the briefcase to the man's trembling fingers.
A tick appeared on Ivan's head. Turning to the scowling black haired younger man next to him, he spoke, "Tell your snot nosed boss that this won't go over lightly if the Heartfilia girl goes missing only to end up free like the other girls. It won't just be our asses that become grass if the police get anymore information from them." Gray crossed his arms, arching a brow at the man while he smirked. Damien long gone with his brief case, "He'll also have a bone to pick with me. Miss. Lucy is too prized of a possession to let go. José is a fool." Ivan whispered the last part but Gray still heard it. He shifted his stance and scrunched his face wondering what Porla had to do with the situation. As far as he knew, he was Jude Heartfilia's right hand man and closest advisor.
"Well not that it's any of your business, but trust me," Gray gave the man his own smirk, "Natsu's not letting Lucy go for anything."
"Hmmph."
Gray turned away from the aging man and started to walk away but stopped when another thought came to him, "But what would you need a girl like Lucy for anyway? At this point in your age I'm surprised you can still get it up. Don't you think she should be at least a little bit satisfied during her first time?" The young man snickered.
"Why you little punk, I'll have you know I'm only 45." Ivan growled.
"Wow, really?" Gray turned his head to the side, his face nothing but pure amazement, "Fooled me." He said with a smile, throwing his hand in the air as a wave goodbye. He probably shouldn't play with fire too much.
Ivan bristled even further, but before he could lash out the boy was gone along with his idiot boss. 'Is this your doing Makarov?' He sighed heatedly.
AN: What did you guys think? Natsu and Lucy meet! Whoohoo! Crazy villains seemingly coming out of the woodwork! As E.N.D persona Natsu technically is a villain himself and you'll see more of that in the coming chapters, but like E.N.D, he still has a warm heart. With all that fire in his belly how could it not be?
Anyways I hope you enjoyed it, I got a lot of inspiration on the last scene from what I remember in the movie Taken and from an IR fic I absolutely adore called No Money. I hope you're ready for the next chapter because it's going to be Nalu all the way, this is where things get juicy ^^
Until next time!
