"speaking"
"thinking"
On with the story
The next day came as the morning sun rises for Crocus
The citizens wakes up as everyone was getting ready for the day
In the room, Kamika was still asleep as she was hugging the pillow that was supposed to be Natsu
Taro and the rest of the hamsters looks down at her from the top as they all started squeaking to each other like they were forming a plan
They all then nodded as Taro signaled his comrades to go
All of the hamster started to work together as they made a ladder of themselves with Taro at the tip as the little hamster was holding an alarm clock that was ready to ring
He then strategically placed the alarm in front of Kamika's face as they retreated back to the roof and holds down their ears
In a few seconds the alarm ringed and made the sleeping woman woke up with a startle
"wha!?" Kamika screamed before she falls down the bed
Then the door to the room was opened as Natsu came in with a worried look on him
"what was that noise!?" he exclaimed before he saw Kamika on the floor as she was rubbing her head
"Taro" Natsu called out as the little hamster was laughing a bit to their successful plan
"one day, those furballs are going to get it" Kamika said as she holds her head that bumped with the floor when she fell down the bed
Taro and the rest of the hamster army snickered to Kamika before they all ran away as Kamika threw some paper shuriken at them
Kamika puffed her cheeks as she missed the targets
Natsu sighs as he started caressing her head
"come on, breakfast is ready" Natsu said as he gives a kiss to Kamika's head
Kamika's pout instantly disappeared as she wrapped around her arms around Natsu as she always enjoyed her big warm teddy bear and how Natsu always knows what to do when she is upset
They then exited the room and headed downstairs where some of the hamsters were cleaning up the restaurant floors
"breakfast time" Natsu called out as he pulls down a lever on a wall as the wooden floor splits up and revealed several bowls filled with sunflower seeds for the hamsters as they all went to get their meal
He and Kamika then went to the dinning table near the room as Natsu pulled a chair to let Kamika sit down as he already made breakfast for them
"here you go" Natsu said as he sets down a plate of bacon, bread, and some honey tea for her
"thank you, Natsu" Kamika said as she gives him a peck to his cheek
They then said their prayers and ate their meal
Natsu then takes their plates and sets them down to the sink and was about to prepare his restaurant but could not as Kamika started dragging him upstairs with her
"um? Kamika? I need to start preparing the restaurant" Natsu said with a sweat drop but heard no respond from Kamika who threw him into the bathroom as she went in and locks the door
Outside the neighborhood, everyone was going around to do their day before they all heard
"Aaaahhhhhh~~~~~~~~~"
Coming from the restaurant as older people blushed hard while children asked their parents on what was that sound
The door to the bathroom was unlocked as Natsu and Kamika came out of the bathroom all dressed up for the day
"that was refreshing~" Kamika said as her skin sparkled while Natsu looks pale as a ghost
Taro and the hamsters all laughed at Natsu as they pitied him
Natsu and Kamika then went downstairs as Natsu started to open up his little restaurant, Hamu Hamu House as there was a big sign on top with a picture of a cute hamster on it
"here's you lunch, Kamika" Natsu said as he gives Kamika a meal bag
"thank you, Natsu" Kamika said as she gives him a peck to the cheek
"see you tonight" Kamika then went off as she waved her boyfriend goodbye
Natsu waved back with a smile as he went in his restaurant as people start going in
Natsu who was in a chef's uniform, was cooking up a meal for his customers in his kitchen as he placed the meal on a plate before setting it on a little cart
"order up" Natsu said as he dings the bell as the little cart was drove up with a hamster driving the cart
That's right everyone. In this restaurant, there are no human waiters as this place has only one chef and hundreds of hamsters running the place
Taro was on a table as a family was sitting there as they were ordering their meal
"squeak squeak (thank you for ordering)"
Taro squeaked as he picked up several little pins that has numbers on it
"squeak squeak! (water!)"
Taro squeaked out as a little cart came coming from the rail way that was built around the restaurant's wall
The cart had a jug of lemon water and several cups as Taro squeaked to the family while doing a little bow to them
the father of the family then takes the lemon water and the glasses as they smiled to the little hamster
"squeak squeak (please enjoy the lemon water)"
Taro squeaked again as the little hamster rides off the cart with the driving hamster as he waved to the family
The little cart then went to the kitchen where Natsu was preparing someone's else meal
"Squeak Squeak (here's their order)"
Taro placed the pins to a note which were place on the table as several more were there as well and each note has a number on them which each represents each table ranging from number 1-10
"got it" Natsu said as he finished making a bread meal and looks to the pins as each number represents a recipe of his restaurant
Taro then drives off with the cart as he went on to greet another customer
It was like this every day in this strange yet unique restaurant
"order up" Natsu said as he placed a toast meal on a cart as a hamster drives it away to the designated table
Natsu does the cooking and Taro and the rest does the servicing
The hours pass by as it was now in the afternoon as the restaurant only had a few people in it
"squeak squeak (come again)"
Taro waved good bye while on top of the cashier as the little girl who was their customer and her family waved back with a smile
Taro then went on his break as another hamster took his place while he rests
Natsu places another order to a cart as a hamster drive it to its designated customer
He then noticed the bell attached to the door ringed as another customer wearing a hood went in
"the usual" the customer voice out as he seats down to a table and Natsu recognizes the voice
He quickly makes a steak meal for the customer and placed the meal to the cart as the hamsters take it away
The hours go on as every customer went home leaving the only customer whose voice sounds familiar to Natsu the only one left
"still running the place pretty good as usual, aren't you?" the customer asked as he took of his hood and revealed his face to them
"yeah" Natsu said as he comes out of the kitchen with the hamsters turning the open sign to close
"what info do you got for me, Eric?" Natsu asked his informant
His name was Eric or Cobra which was his codename. He's a part of an independent guild called Crime Sorciere, as they would strike down dark guilds and cults associated with Zeref's ritual for revival or any dark trading in the shadows
"it's Cobra, damnit!" Eric retorted to Natsu while setting his meal to a hamster cart as the hamsters takes it away
"yeah yeah" Natsu said while looking bored to him
Eric sighs as he reached into his jacket and takes out a piece of paper and gave it to Natsu who took it
"these are the blueprints to a slave trading group's house, 10 clicks away from here, I heard that they were planning to kidnap some kids at midnight and are planning to sell them off to some scums"
"any hired guards?" Natsu asked him as he looks to the blueprint of the building
"three, they are all from a guild called Twilight Ogre and I heard that the kingdom hired a guild to help the army in catching you" Eric replied to him
"wow" Natsu said as he started to develop a plan on infiltrating the place
"and while you're at it, I heard that the guy who's running the place has some info on other dark guilds who are buyers of the place, Jellal wants the info" Eric said as she stands up and put on his hood
"you got it" Natsu replied as he nodded
"and try to stay alive if your girlfriend comes for your neck" Eric said with a smirk as he leaves the restaurant
"you don't need to tell me that" Natsu said to Eric even though he already left
Natsu then looks back at the blueprints as he then folded it and went upstairs to get his equipment on
Natsu who was in his ninja outfit, was standing on a house's roof two buildings away from his target
He looks through his scope and looks to survey his target
"two in front and one at the back"Natsu thought as he looks at the target's house
He was chef at sunrise and a ninja at night
It was quite ironic as Natsu was the boyfriend to one of the kingdom's famous executioners and had to run away from his sadistic girlfriend who wants to castrate him when he is a ninja
Everything started out a year back when Natsu first came to Crocus with the hamsters as he would strike down the scums in the city at night
Every time he was chased by the rune knights, he always gets away with ease but that all changed when he met Kamika who came to his restaurant a few months back
The two started chatting and talking as they had a few things in common, and then the both of them started going out
Natsu didn't know that Kamika was a part of the Garou knights as he only found out about it, three months back when he encountered her and her team when he was going back to his home from a successful mission
"no signs of Kamika or her friends" Natsu looks around and saw no sign of the Garou Knights in their night patrol
He would do anything to keep his secret and relationship safe
"time to strike"Natsu did a little squeaking sound with his mouth as Taro and a few hamsters came in while wearing little ninja outfits
"Squeak squeak! (we're ready!)" Taro saluted to Natsu as Taro was the leader of the Ninja hamsters
Natsu grabbed a thin rope that had a little grappling hook attach on it as he swings it around before throwing it at the rails on a house's roof across the road
Taro and the rest of the hamsters then crosses the rope and got onto the other side of the house
They then worked together to unclip the hook as Natsu pulled it back
Natsu nodded to Taro as he then pulls out a blow gun and stuffed a little ball in it
He then aims at one of the guard's head and blows on it
SPLAT!
"YUCK!" The guard shouted as he touched his head and revealed a white substance that stinks like bird droppings
"what's wrong, man?" the other guard asked him
"a fricking bird just pooped on my head!" The guards were too distracted as they did not notice Taro and the ninja hamsters going into the crack on the house as they stealthy went in
Natsu then place the blow gun on the floor as he pulled up his mask
He then jumps high up and landed to the other side of the house and made his way to the target's building
The upper window of the building was opened from the inside as Taro and the hamsters opened the lock to it
Natsu went in and quietly made his way around
He then signals to Taro and the others to go into a hole in the walls as they nodded to him
Natsu then uses his enhanced hearing to listen to some conversation downstairs
"get that kid gagged" "help me!"
He then heard multiple cries and whipping
"13 people, one of them must be the boss"
Natsu then grabbed a pair of little smoke balls as he snapped his fingers as the smoke balls were ignited
He then throws the balls downstairs as they exploded and created smoke in the building
Natsu then went in as he takes out the confused goons one by one
The smoke clears as 12 people were on the floor as they were beaten up
"where's the?"Natsu thought before he raised his hands up in surrender as a gun was pressed to his back
"tough luck, you ninja" the boss said as he pulled the hammer on the gun
"look up" Natsu said as the boss looks up and saw Taro and the other hamsters jumping down to the boss as they start going around in his cloth
The boss laughs at the tickling in his clothes
Natsu sighs as he then knocks the boss out with his backhand
He dusts off his hand in success as Taro and his team got out of the boss's clothes
"thanks for the save, Taro" Natsu said with a smile to Taro as the little hamster nodded with a squeak
Natsu then start tying up the goons with their boss
he then made his way down stairs as he saw a prison cell that had kids in them
The kids look scared to Natsu who raised his hands up to them
"I'm here to rescue you guys" Natsu said as he slowly made his way to the prison cell and burns away the lock
The children then hugged him as they were crying on him
"alright then" Natsu said as Taro came up to his shoulders
He then takes out a note and a pencil as he starts scribbling on it
"be good kids and follow the little hamster outside, okay?" Natsu said as he placed Taro on the floor as he gives the paper to a child "give this to the nice soldiers who are going to be there to bring you guys back home"
Taro then squeaks as he starts leading the children upstairs and to the back entrance of the building
Natsu waved them goodbye before looking around the boss's room
He went through the whole room and found what Jellal wanted
"time to bring the house down" Natsu said as he hid the info in his shirt before going upstairs and started dragging the goons to the back of the building and tied the rope to a pole "that should do it"
Natsu then pulled the string on a paper ball as he throws it in the house and closed the door
He then jumps up to the roof as he counts down to 0 and on cue
BOOM!
The building exploded as it rang around the kingdom and woke everyone up
"got to get back before they get here" Natsu then started jumping away back to his home
"there he is!" "get him!" "this time for sure!"
And on cue, an army of soldiers came charging as they chase after Natsu
"this is getting old"Natsu said in his mind as he pulled out a clay stick that had a string on one end
He snaps his fingers as the string was ignited before Natsu threw it
the soldiers went to a screeching halt as the stick fell in front of them
"DYNAMITE!" The guards screamed as they all run away in fear from an explosion
The string was burned out as the stick exploded and revealed flowers in the stick
"how stupid"Natsu thought as he kept speeding away back home
He then suddenly stops as he dodged a rune trap set on a house's roof
"Runes!?"Natsu thought in surprise as he backed away from the runes "since when did Kamika and the others can do this?"
He then heard something flying towards him as he pulls out a kunai and swings the incoming projectiles away
The flying projectiles were iron spears as they fall down to the roof, he was on
"the heck is this?" Natsu then turns to see that he was surrounded by a group
"we got him!" A blonde girl who was holding a golden key exclaimed as she and her teammates surrounds Natsu
"Gi hee! This guy ain't going anywhere!" a man with iron piercings on his face exclaimed
"time for you to go to jail!" a man who was only wearing trunks exclaimed as he had cold air seeping out of his hands
"careful! The army and Garou knights had a hard time in apprehending this man" a woman in armor said as she holds a sword and points it at Natsu "approach him with caution!"
"must be the guild, Eric informed me about" Natsu looks to the guild mark on the top naked guy's chest as he could see that it resembled the mark of a fairy with a tail
"looks like I'm surrounded" Natsu thought out as he raised his hands up in surrender
"whatever shall I do~?" Natsu said in a sing song voice as he turns towards the woman wearing the armor "looks like I'm going to jail~"
The group then approached to Natsu as they were being caution on his movement
"but before I go to jail, let me show you all a magic trick" Natsu said as he pulled down his hands and several paper balls falls out his sleeves and sprawled around the floor
"wha!?" The paper balls exploded as it created a smelly smoke to the group
Everyone started coughing and closing their eyes as the smell was unbearable
Natsu then jumps away to another house's roof as he managed to give them a slip
"this just gets harder and harder" Natsu then stops in his track as lightning nearly zapped him
"what now?" Natsu said as a man with blonde spiky hair and a lightning scar on his face, appeared in front of him as electricity sparks through his whole body
"you're not going anywhere" the man said as he raised up his fists at Natsu
"this is quite the pickle" Natsu said as he pulled out a rope with a hook on it
"are there any chances of you guys letting me go?" Natsu asked the guy as he was replied with a stream of lightning heading his way
Natsu jumped away as he looks to the burned spot of where he was
"guess not" Natsu said as he threw the grappling hook at the guy
"it's not going to work!" the blonde man exclaimed as he fired a bolt of lightning at the rope as he got surprised as it wasn't disintegrating
The rope then surrounds the blonde man as Natsu then did a roundhouse kick to the guy's waist and made him unbalanced and nearly fall off the roof if Natsu didn't hold the other end of the rope
"going down?" Natsu asked to the blonde man as he pulls the rope and made the man spin around before falling down into a trash can
"that takes care of that" Natsu said as he dusts off his hands and stored the rope into his outfit
"stop right there!" A shout was heard as Natsu looks up to see the scarlet hair woman was flying towards him in a winged armor
"great" Natsu thought as he revealed a sheathed katana in his sleeves
He then reversed hold the hilt of the sword and blocked a sword attack from the scarlet hair woman
"tch!" Natsu grunted as he never felt such force to a slash attack "she's strong!"
Natsu then pushes her back before he jumped away as the man who is wearing trousers came swooping in as he swings an ice sword at Natsu
"I can't get away from these guys!" Natsu exclaimed before he spins and did a slash with his katana as he slices an incoming arrow in half
"no way!?" the blonde girl exclaimed in shock as she was standing a few houses away as she was beside a man who was wearing a horse suit as he looks to be in shock as well
"tch!" Natsu then faces off the two in front of him as he was about to escape but was stopped as he was trapped in an iron cage
"what the?!" Natsu looks behind him and saw the man with the iron piercings on his face as he was on the ground with his hands on the floor
"caught you, you ninja" the man grinned to Natsu
"took you long enough, bolt head!" the man with the trunks said to the guy with the piercings
"I didn't see you make a cage for the guy, stripper boy!" the man retorted back to the so-called stripper as sparks flew between them
"will you two stop it!" the scarlet hair woman exclaimed as she punches the two men's head with an armored fist
"a-aye" the two man who had bumps on their head said in pain
"looks like we got him, Erza" the blonde girl came in with the blonde man who Natsu just dealt with
"this guy is sleek, I tell you" the stripper called guy said as he looks at Natsu
"Erza? As in Titania Erza of Fairy Tail?" Natsu thought in surprise as he knows that guild due to its members' tendency for destruction
"now to hand him over to the king" the blonde girl said in satisfaction and a smile
"looks like my time is up" Natsu thought in his mind as he was about to give up before realizing that he still has a way out of this
"looks like you guys win" Natsu said nonchalantly as he leans to the prison bar before smirking behind his mask "or did you?"
The group were confused on what he meant and was about to ask him but could not as the blonde girl started laughing out of control
"hahahahahahahahahahahah!" She laughs as her hands flew around her as something was running around in her clothes
"Lucy?" the top naked man said before laughing as well as something was running around his pants
"there's something in my pants!?" the guy shouted as he jumped around, trying to get rid of the thing in his pants
"hey" Natsu's voice spoke out as he was on top of the iron cage as the group looks surprised for his appearance on top of it
"bye bye" Natsu waved them goodbye before he threw a flash bomb at them as it blinded them
"time to get back home" Natsu then let grabbed Taro and his friends and put them in his outfit as he jumped away and disappeared
"damnit!" the blonde man shouted in annoyance
"he got away?!" Lucy exclaimed while holding her eyes "where did he go!?"
They all shouted while looking around for Natsu who was nowhere to be seen
Natsu was standing beside the window of his home as he took a peek inside and saw Kamika not in the room
"strange" Natsu thought in his mind as he thought that Kamika should've been home by now.
"she must've ha- wow!" Natsu said before he ducked from an incoming paper shuriken that sliced his mask a bit
"we got you surrounded!" Natsu turns to see Kamika and the Garou Knights and saw that it wasn't the usual group as they were accompanied by two guys and two cats with one wearing a frog suit
"you're finished, Red Dragon!" the boy with blonde hair exclaimed as he had a tiger like guild mark on his shoulder and was pointing a finger at Natsu
"surrender" the man with black hair and red eyes said coolly while holding up his fists
"you've got to be kidding me!"Natsu looks at them as he was trying to think of a plan to escape
"why are you here?! And what did you do to my boyfriend!?" Kamika exclaimed as she holds a yellow colored paper in her hands
"gosh I love her" Natsu thought while smiling in his mask
"I kidnapped him" Natsu lied to her and got replied with her face fuming in anger
"give him back!" Kamika screamed as she threw the yellow paper at Natsu as it multiplied and created a lightning attack at Natsu "Kami Fubuki Kiiro no Mai!"
Natsu got zapped with the attack as it created a little explosion on him
"we got him!" the little cat said with the one wearing the frog costume saying "Fro think so too"
They then got surprised as Natsu wasn't there as a straw doll substitute was there where he was
"what the!?" the blonde boy exclaimed in shock
Little paper balls then came rolling down the roof as they all jumped away as they let out little explosion
"that was a close one" the black hair boy said in relief
"Rogue" The little frog cat called out to him as he was holding a paper ball bomb
"waaahh!" The three screamed before it exploded as they had afro on their heads and then they puff out some smoke
They then saw Natsu jumping away as he escapes them
"after him!" Kama shouted as the rest followed in pursuit of Natsu
Kamika was about to go and follow them but didn't go as she was worried for her boyfriend
"Natsu" Kamika called out to Natsu as she entered the room
She then heard muffling screams and struggling in the closet as Kamika opens the closet and revealed Natsu who is tied up and he had a piece of cloth tied around his mouth as he falls down to the floor
"Natsu!" Kamika undid the binds on his mouth as Natsu took a deep breath
"thank god you found me! I nearly suffocate in there" Natsu said as he breathes in relief
Kamika then starts undoing the ropes on his legs
"what happened?" Kamika asks him
"that ninja guy came in and knocked me out, next thing I knew, I was in the closet all tied up and then I heard your voice calling me" Natsu replied as his legs were free
Kamika then hugs him as she was glad that he was safe
"uh? aren't you going to undo the ropes on my hands as well?" Natsu asked Kamika who was closing the window as she then locks it
"well… I might do it after a little fun" Kamika said as she licks her lips in delight
"u-um K-Kamika?!" Natsu said in fear as she was stripping out of her clothes
"I always wanted to do it this way~"
Natsu gulped in fear as his face went pale
"wait! Please wait! Kamika?! Kamikaaaaa!" Natsu screamed out before it was replaced with
"ahhhhhhhhhhhhh~~~"
They were chasing after Natsu who escaped into an alley way that had a dead end
"we got him now!" the blonde boy shouted as he grins
"surrender!" he shouted as they turned around the corner to see Natsu vanished "what the!?"
They all started to look around and saw no escapes hole nor ropes
"where did he go?!"
Unknown to them in a hole on the wall, Taro and the rest of his team were bringing back Natsu's ninja clothes via tunnels they made all around the kingdom
"squeak squeak squeak squeak (one two! one two!)"
Taro squeaked out as they marched their way home
That's a wrap!
Bye bye