Hello everyone, it's me again with another chapter for you all to either like or hate. In this one, the group arrives at Crocus, where they will meet a certain green hair princess.
Enjoy, or not, I don't care you all have your opinions.
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Chapter Five: Palaces, Princesses, and Love oh my!
"Are we there yet?" Nixxiom asked the others as they traveled on the road. According to what Ragtagg, who had the map, they should be arriving at a city called Crocus soon. Of course, a couple of them were getting impatient as they were getting hungry, and they didn't have any food on them, "I'm getting hungry."
"Yeah I'm getting hungry too." Natsu agreed with the blue armored male, as his stomach growled to prove his point.
"Maybe if you two would shut up we'll get there faster." Moocluck responded in an annoyed tone. He already has difficulty dealing with only Nixxiom, and now he as to deal with everyone else as well.
"Oh relax Moocluck," Matty replied to the red robed male as he drank one of his beers he had on him, "You can't blame them for getting hungry. It has been a while since we last ate."
"Yeah but complaining isn't going to solve anything." Moocluck replied to the leather wearer, who only chuckled as he finished his beer.
Ragtagg simply ignored them as he continued to look at the map he had as they continued on the road. To the warrior, it didn't seem like they are almost there, which was a relief to the armored male, as he wanted to get food as well. That and to stop listening to the others whining.
"Unless I'm mistaken," Ragtagg began to speak, getting the other's attention, "We should see the city over this hill." The warrior finished as he pointed at the hill in front of them as the road lead to it.
"Sweet, let's go!" Natsu exclaimed with happiness, glad that they will arrive at a place with food soon. The pink haired fire dragon slayer ran in order to get on the hill to see the city.
"Wait up Natsu!" Nixxiom shouted as he also ran to the dragon slayer, with the others right behind him.
The others arrived at the top of the hill only to see Natsu simply standing there with a surprised look. Confused, they all look until they too were surprised from what they were seeing.
The city of Crocus was way bigger than the group thought to was, and the size of the city kind of caught them off guard. They also spotted what looked like a palace of some sorts in the center of the city, which dwarfed the city below.
"Holy cow this city's huge!" Matty shouted as they continued to look at the city.
"What kind of city is this?" Nixxiom questioned as Ragtagg looked at his map to see. The warrior then looked back at the others.
"It appears that this city if the capital city of Fiore." The warrior informed the rest of the group.
"The capital of the country?" Matty asked, and then looked back at the massive city, "Well that explains why it's so big, and why there's a giant palace in the center of it."
"Yeah, what do you think Nixxiom?" Moocluck turned to ask his friend only to see the blue armored male and the pink haired dragon slayer no longer at the spots they were at, "Where did they go?!"
"Come on guys!" They all looked down the hill to see Natsu and Nixxiom waving at them.
"We want to see the city!" Nixxiom exclaimed back as both him and Natsu then ran into the massive city.
The others only sighed, or chuckled in Matty's case, as they all ran to the capital city as well.
Just like they expected, there were a lot of people in this city. The massive crows got on Moocluck's nerves, as he hated large crowds. The others didn't seem to mind as Nixxiom and Natsu were looking around the city like kids in a candy store. However, the group couldn't help but noticed that it looked like some sort of festival was going on, if the booths, tables, and all of the other festival stuff was any indication.
"What's going on here?" Ragtagg questioned in confusion as they continued to looked around the city.
"Looks like a festival going on." Matty responded to the armored warrior, as the leather wearer saw the booths. His eyes widen in excitement as he saw a booth selling all kinds of beer.
"But for what purpose?" Moocluck wondered as they continued to make their way through the street.
"Guys look!" Nixxiom exclaimed as they saw a booth selling food," Food!"
"Finally!" Natsu shouted in joy as he and the blue armored male ran to the booth to get some food.
Moocluck looked to see Matty at the booth were all the beer was being sold. Ragtagg must have walked off elsewhere in the city. The red robed figure simply sighed; guess they were going to enjoy themselves. He then headed in a random direction, knowing that he can find the others when they are ready to head out as he tried to find something that interested him.
Currently with Ragtagg, he was trying to find some games that he can do to pass the time. Since this was a festival, might as well enjoy himself before they all leave the city. It doesn't look like there was anything too interesting. However, the warrior then noticed a massive crowd of people surrounding what looked like a stage of sorts. Curious, he walked to what was going on. As he approached, he saw a rather small person on the stage wearing a pumpkin helmet as he began to speak.
"Hello everyone! How are you doing today?" He called out, as the crowd let out a cheer, "That's good to hear! Kabo!" The small pumpkin person exclaimed as the crowd continued to cheer. "Today, we will pick a person from the crowd to perform for us to enjoy! No need to be shy, we're all here to enjoy ourselves!" He told them as the crowd of people simply exclaimed with happiness more.
Ragtagg was rather interested in this. What kind of performing did he mean? The warrior snapped out of his thoughts as the small pumpkin man continued.
"Of course, we have a lovely guest with us today! Allow me to introduce you all to none other than Princess Hisui herself!" The pumpkin man exclaimed.
Ragtagg looked to the back of the crowd as the people cheered. The armored male noticed that there was a table on what looked like an elevated platform, no doubt to keep people from getting too the princess. The black haired warrior saw a woman with green hair tied into a ponytail and was wearing a white dress. She was waving at the people as they cheered for the princess. Ragtagg also noticed all of the guards around her, especially the rather tall man next to her.
"She will be here with us to enjoy the show! Kaba!" The short pumpkin man exclaimed to the crowd, who cheered even more. The short man went on, "Now then, who will be the first person to perform for us? Let's see." The man then scanned the crowd with is eyes. After a few moments, he points at Ragtagg, "You there! How about you come up here?" Needless to say Ragtagg was surprised to be picked.
"Me?" He questioned, as the crows looked at the warrior.
"Yeah you! Don't be shy come up here! Kabo!" The short pumpkin person replied through the microphone, "Everyone, let's encourage him!"
The people began to cheer again as Ragtagg began to feel rather uncomfortable from all the attention. But… he didn't see the harm in doing this, who knows it may be fun.
"Alright." Ragatgg replied as he made his way to the stage.
Currently with the others, they met back up as they finished going threw the things that caught there interest.
"Anything else we can do here?" Nixxiom asked the others as he finished eating a hot dog.
"Well, we could walk around more since this city is pretty massive. I'm sure we'll find more things to do."
"Hey guys, what's going over there?" Natsu questioned as he noticed the rather large crowd a bit away from them. The others turned to see the crowd Natsu was referring too.
"I don't know, let's see." Moocluck told them as they all made their way through the crowd to see what was going on.
After a few moments, they saw all of the people in front of a stage. However, their eyes widen in shock as they saw who was on the stage.
"Ragtagg?!" They all shouted. What was he doing up there?
Back to the warrior, he was brought up on the stage and was giving a guitar as the short pumpkin announcer went to where the princess and the guards were at. Figuring that he was told to perform, he decided to perform the only way he knows how. At least that's what he thinks that's what the people wanted. Everything was quiet Ragtagg began to… sing?
War is coming swiftly
The borders closing in
We're a company of soldiers
Mere forty rifles strong
All alone
Stand alone
Ardenner ground is burning,
And rommel is at hand
As the blitzkrieg's pushing harder
The war is all around!
All around
Hold your ground
Fight all eighteen days of battles,
No odds are on our side
Few will fight for all until the bullets are gone
We, we will resist and bite!
Bite hard
'Cause we are all in sight
We, we take up arms and fight!
Fight hard!
Resist and do what's right!
"Since when could Ragtagg sing?!" Nixxiom questioned in surprised, however no one answered the blue armored male as they continued to listen to the warrior's singing.
No matter our fighting
The numbers will still count
We're outgunned and few in numbers
We're doomed to flag of fail
We fought hard
Held our guard
But when captured by the Axis
And forced to tell the truth
We'll tell it with a smile,
We will surprise them with a laugh
We are all
We were all
We were told to hold the border
And that is what we did
Honored were our orders
In despite of our foe
We, we will resist and bite!
Bite hard
'Cause we are all in sight
We, we take up arms and fight!
Fight hard!
Resist and do what's right
Gloria fortis miles
The Wehrmacht closing in
Adversor et admorsus
The boar against the Eagle
Gloria fortis miles
The Wehrmacht closing in
Adversor et admorsus
The boar against the Eagle
We, we will resist and bite!
Bite hard
'Cause we are all in sight
We, we take up arms and fight!
Fight hard!
Resist and do what's right
He finished his singing, as the crowd suddenlt let out a massive cheer. Ragtagg couldn't help but have a grin of pride from the people's reaction.
"Wow that was very impressive! What do you think Hisui?" The short pumpkin announcer asked her as the crowd continued to cheer.
"I actually enjoyed it very much, "Hisui spoke to him through the microphone, "I never heard someone sing like that before, and honestly it was very refreshing."
"You heard her, what a fantastic performance!" The announcer let out, as the others in the crowd looked and noticed the princess.
"So that's the princess?" Nixxiom questioned as they saw the green haired woman at the platform.
"It appears so." Matty replied to the blue armored male, "Anyway, I think Ragtagg sang well, what do you think Natsu?" The brown hair leather wearer asked the pink haired male, however he didn't get an answer from the dragon slayer, "Natsu?" He asked again but Natsu didn't hear him as he was looking at the green haired princess.
She was probably the most beautiful woman that Natsu may have ever seen in his entire life, and he has seen plenty mind you. His face flared up as a massive blush took hold of his face, and his heart began to speed up as he felt like an arrow struck it.
"NATSU!"
That snapped Natsu out of his thoughts as he saw Matty shouted at him.
"Huh? Did you saw something?" The pink haired dragon slayer asked the brown haired male.
Before Matty could reply back to the pink haired, the announcer was back at where Ragtagg was.
"Now then Ragtagg, since you performed, you can pick who can performed for everyone next! Kabo!" The small pumpkin person informed him.
"Really? Alright then." Ragtagg then scanned the crowd, wondering if the others were here. It only took him a few moments to see the others, and a large grin took hold of the warrior's face. However you couldn't really tell due to the helmet he was wearing. Oh he knew who he was going to pick.
The others were wondering who will Ragtagg picked to do next. No doubt that the warrior was probably going to pick some random guy so that they can get out of there.
"How about you?" Ragtagg pointed directly at Natsu himself.
Or not.
"WHAT?!" Natsu shouted as the others were shocked. Ragtagg was now only trying to hide his laugher as he saw the pink haired male's face.
Well, that's happening.
In case anyone's wondering, the song used here is called "Resist and Bite" By Sabaton.
See you all next time, whenever that will be.