Chapter 9

Lucy trembled, her body was shaking. The plastic vase was in front of her shuddering, the 5 men looked at the girl and burst into laughter "Do you really think, you could beat us with that rubbish?" one said laughing "How delirious!" their laughter slowly came to a halt. Lucy was scared, her heart pounded exactly how it pounded when she was about to slam the vase down on the doctor and the weird guy. This is terrible! No girl should experience this! I don't want this! Maybe I should let them operate me... At least it wont hurt she thought panicking. But it was too late to have second thoughts what was said was done and so she couldn't change what was going to unfold (especially now) The henchmen who were only a few feet away from her leapt towards her. I don't want to start a science lesson here but like every human, Lucy's body had been triggered the fight or flight response. In the beginning she had chosen flight but now... it's fight, Lucy eyes gleamed with a mixture of fear, horror, and... "HYAAAHHHH!" madness?

She had temporarily lost her mind; the situation was simply too much for her. Lucy bashed on one man's arm as his grimy hands reached for her then swiveled her head around to dodge another man's effort to knock her out but there came more arms reaching to strike her down and then she saw, in the corner of her eyes that one of the lackeys hadn't reached for her but instead was THWACK! her body flew head first outside and into the gully. The pain was heavy, her cheeks flared red and her head was screaming she crashed on the pavement to the smell of rot and feculent. She looked up to see that she right under a dumpster, brown liquid dripping out and narrowly missing her, the henchmen looked down threateningly and Lucy counted weakly 1...2...3...4...4 guys where's the fifth? I don't like the feeling of this... she slowly got up and tottered slowly side to side.

"Your one type of a girl blonde" smirked one of the shorter ones "I hate to admit it but you're the type to give a show that your weak and sh*t but really resistant" "But remember this kitty no ones going to save you now" he whispered in her ear, his foul breath made her stomach curl "No matter what you're gonna to die tonight"

What the hell is happening? Natsu thought No way! NO WAY! Natsu was baffled Are you kidding me? I-I'm dreaming right? he rubbed his eyes for him what he was seeing was a scene straight out from a horror movie. A girl with luscious blonde hair was being strangled by an incredibly muscled macho weirdly the girl wasn't moving and the guys who were around her didn't bother to call the cops but that's when he noticed their matching uniforms and similar aggressive attitudes. No, these guys are not bystanders... he was stunned, not even once in his life had he saw this idiocy. Should I run in and help her? I should shouldn't I? his mothers voice echoed in his ears No matter what son, If you see someone in danger... don't just pass them and ignore as if nothing is happening and he finished his mother's saying out loud "Do something to help"

Should I call the cops? Damn it! I forgot my phone at home! Natsu groaned I don't know if my boxing skills would work either I'm not pro like master... but his mothers voice rang again and the girl suddenly moaned in pain Oh screw it! he cursed and ran charging in like a three-horned ram

The guy had firmly gripped on her neck and was starting to squeeze her throat Oh my god! It hurts! I haven't felt something this terrible since- then something slammed into her shoulder "Where did you find the club Joe?" the man squeezing her neck asked "While you guys were try'n to put her down, I looked for my trusty lumber rod" So that's what you were doing she recollected the one lackey who hadn't chased her down "Save it Joe" he said "When she's to the brink of death, you can slam 'er with that" and with that he slowly pressed in her throat her bones shuddering by the pressure of his grasp I think my bones are going to break any minute now! Then she heard a masculine voice screaming "Hey! What are you doing?!"

The hand dropped her to the ground, and she lay there sprawled to the ground too weak to stand "H-Hey!" he panted "Wha-what are you doing?!" "What do you want boy?!" the henchman asked the boy answered "What are you doing?! This is wrong! Have you guys lost your minds?!" The henchman gave a small laugh and said "And who are you to say that? Huh I don't give a damn about you say! Go run home to your mommy" he cooed sarcastically the boy got mad and said "Oh so your allowed to not give a damn what I say! But I am supposed to listen to you!" he roared "WHY DON"T YOU SCREW OFF BEFORE I BEAT YA TO PULP!"

The man said "Oh really?" and smirked "Try me" Natsu took a deep breath and took his stance the most easiest one 'The Upright stance' "Seems like your a boxer" the man answered "But I'm black belt in Jetsu" and Natsu gave a full jab to his face but the lackey caught his hand easily then twisted his arm back Natsu squirmed in pain but he hid it and used his free hand and jabbed him on the nose. The man stepped back and clutched his nose blood poured out of his nostrils. "Good job kid, I haven't had a bloody nose in ages" he cracked a smile "It's nice have someone to warm you up" and with that he tried to head-butt Natsu in the stomach! Fortunately Natsu reacted quickly and using the man's back as a boost he heaved himself over him.

The muscular man twirled around to get a kick to his groin, He screamed painfully and fell to the ground and managed to say "Well, no one tried to kick me in the nuts" and passed out the men around them who were watching saw their leader fall to the ground grew angry and pounced on the youngster Damn, I never knew I had the guts to do that... but it was his fault... his thoughts scrambled as the rest of the gang rammed into him "That son of a-" started one of the lackeys reaching to punch but Natsu cut in saying "Shhh no swearing... don't you have any shame" and did a thing which in boxing is called 'Cross' and counter punched him.

It was a bloody fight, at least for the henchmen for Natsu... not so much. For a boy which has had private training for 7 years this was thrilling, absouloutly thrilling he was not a bad boy but this feeling was new and very pleasant "I told you guys to not screw around with me in the first place anyways" he said as the last one fell to the ground with a thump Oh! in all this nonsense I forgot about the girl! And so, Natsu trotted towards the blonde girl laying sprawled on the ground, Lucy was conscious the whole time but her hair had covered her sight, in a way she was pleased she didn't want to see such a gory battle. But, she had heard everything and a hunch was growing in her mind This voice... I've... I've heard it somewhere... but where? "Hey are you ok?" the boy's voice asked concerned.

He sat down crisscrossed and flipped back the layer of hair that hung like a veil to her face. "Hey-" and then he stopped "You?" he had a shocked expression on his face and so did Lucy and she croaked "So it was you all along" "Who knew I'd meet with you" he pondered out loud "Need a hand?" he asked his hand in front of her Lucy responded grumbling "No thanks" and she slowly got up to a sitting position then tried to stand but slipped. Natsu caught her and grinned "I'm sorry, I mean do you need an arm?" Lucy said nothing This guy... I wondered why he saved me... It's suspicious "Hey where's your house? I'll walk you home" he said Lucy ignored his question and said "What time is it?" "Uh.. I dunno" Yeah... and he's a good for nothing... still suspicious "Now you didn't answer my question, Where's your house?" Woah is he trying to stalk me now?! Maybe he's a womanizer like Loke... This is dangerous I have to get out of here she thought worried

"I'm fine, I'll go by myself" and she removed her arm from his shoulder and careened over the sidewalk "Hey you don't need push yourself, I'll walk you home" he said giving another chance "N-no I'm fine" and she wobbled the rest of the way home. Meanwhile, there at Natsu's house was a middle aged woman muttering under her breath worried about her precious son "Oh Natsu, what are you doing this time?" So at that dark night Natsu and Lucy separated, Our Natsu back to his worrying mother and Lucy to her mother who hasn't come yet

Back at Lucy's house

Lucy had finally made it, but then a dreaded thought came to her "Mom's going to be soo mad" she said out loud "That her groceries hadn't come home with me" but she grunted and said "I'm sorry mom but I'm too tired and hungry to care" and she slouched back to the couch and sighed "Maybe, I'll just take a quick nap" and Lucy fell asleep her cold meal sitting on the kitchen counter

At the mean time Natsu was walking on the path and saw a plastic bag filled with groceries "Weird... why would someone leave groceries on the ground" then thought of Lucy "Maybe it's hers" and slung the plastic bag over his shoulder walking back to his destination, his house.

A/N

Heyllo my faithful readers, I hope you've enjoyed this chapter. I know that no matter how much I say sorry it's not going to fix the irregular updates but to make it up I have made the longest chapter! Hurrah! (Even though the number of people who are reading this is story is very few, I'll continue to upload as much as I can) Thank you for reading this chapter I hope you enjoyed it!

Until then!