Hello everyone, I'm back with another chapter for you all to enjoy or hate.
Before we get into it, someone asked when Sayla will appear. Hopefully soon I will admit. Don't know the exact chapter, but yeah, probably soon.
Anyway, enjoy, or not, I don't care you all have your opinions.
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Chapter Nine: Welcome aboard princess
If one would to enter the area where out heroes were currently at, they would see a few things.
One, they would see Nixxiom and Moocluck running around and freaking out as if they were headless chickens. Two, they would see Natsu and Ragtagg frozen like complete statues with their eyes comically widened. Three, they would see Matty trying and failing to speak about the situation. And four, they would see a embarrassed Hisui, who got out of the case by the way, looking all nervous for being caught.
"H-H-Hisui w-what are y-you doing h-here?" Matty was slowly able to speak properly once again as the shockness slowly went away. Before the green haired princess could explain…
"Dang it Moocluck! Why did you kidnapped the princess?!" Nixxiom accused the red robed male, who stopped running as he heard the blue armored male shouted at him.
"What the- why do you assume I kidnapped her or something?!" Moocluck exclaimed back at Nixxiom with a glare.
"Moocluck we all know how you are! So why did you kidnap her?!" Nixxiom shouted once again to the warlock.
"I did no such thing! How do we know YOU didn't kidnapped her for some stupid reason?!" Moocluck responded back to the other male, who didn't like being accused from the red robed warlock.
"You are accusing me of such a thing?! You wanna go?!" Nixxiom challenged Moocluck, who had no problem with his declaration.
"Why yes I do in fact!" Moocluck accepted the blue armored male's threat as both of them charged at each other.
…Then the two then engage in a pitiful slap fight.
This scene got Natsu and Ragtagg to snap out of their shock as they along with Matty and Hisui could only watch as they all sweat drop from the sight.
"Uh…," Natsu was able to speak as he turned back to the princess, "Anyway, what are you doing here Hisui? And why were you in a case?" The pink haired fire dragon slayer asked her. Ragtagg spoke up before she could answer Natsu's question.
"She better have a good answer! The Fiore Kingdom will be in an uproar if they find out their princess isn't with them!" The warrior stated as he only look at the green haired woman with a stern look. Though it was hard to know that due to his helmet.
"L-Look I can explain," Hisui started to tell them, getting Natsu, Ragtagg, and Matty to pay attention. Nixxiom and Moocluck were too busy slapping each other like little girls to listen, "I wanted to come with you all. The chance to explore the world… I couldn't pass up the opportunity! I didn't simply ask because I knew father wouldn't let me in the first place," Hisui then turned to look at Natsu, "That's what you told me the night before. If I saw a chance to be able to explore the world, then I should take it." She told them.
"Oh so this is your fault!" Ragtagg shouted at the pink haired fire dragon slayer, who put his hands up in defense.
"How is it my fault?!" Natsu questioned back, not understanding how he was responsible for any of this. Luckily the monk of the group spoke up before anything got out of hand.
"Guys… what should we do?" Matty spoke up, getting them to look at the brown haired male, "The palace would have no doubt that the princess is missing by now. What do you guys think we should do?" He asked them.
Hisui looked at them thinking as she frowns. The princess figured that they would most likely take her back to avoid any trouble. But then Natsu spoke.
"Well, I don't see why she can't stick with us." Natsu admitted to the other two, getting them and Hisui to be surprised by his words.
"What do you mean by that? The Fiore Kingdom will think we kidnapped her or something if we don't take her back-," Ragtagg started, but then a realization hit him, "Wait a minute, why should I care what a kingdom thinks? I'm the mighty Ragtagg! Even if they did think we were kidnappers, they can't match my strength to do anything about it!" He then laughed as he turned back to the princess, "I guess I don't see any harm with you sticking with us, just make sure to send a message back to Crocus letting them know you're in good hands so they don't send an army after us." He told the princess, who couldn't' believe that they would let her tag along.
"R-Really? You'll let me come with you?" Hisui asked them, smiling a little bit that they will let her join them on their journey.
"Now that I think about it, I don't see a problem with you tagging along." Matty told the green haired princess. The more the merrier he would say.
"Then it's settled!" Natsu spoke once again with a giant smile," Welcome aboard Hisui!" He finished happily.
Hisui couldn't contain her happiness as she pulled Natsu into a hug, getting the pink haired mage to blush redder than Erza's hair from her action.
"Thank you!" She exclaimed with joy.
However, then she realized that she was hugging Natsu rather tightly. The princess then let go of the still blushing dragon slayer as she too was now blushing a little bit, realizing her action.
"S-Sorry about that." Hisui apologize.
"I-It's no problem." Natsu told her, hoping his face would cool down from the blush that took its place on his face.
Ragtagg and Matty couldn't help but snicker at the two's interaction. This would certainly bring them more interesting and funnt moments in the future. At least to them at least.
"All right then," Ragtagg spoke up again as he went back to the front of the wagon, "Let's keep moving." He told them as Matty and Hisui got onto the wagon.
"Uh guys," Natsu spoke up, getting them to look at the fire dragon slayer once again, "Don't you think we should get Nixxiom and Moocluck to stop?" He questioned as he pointed at the two who were still slapping each other like idiots.
The others couldn't help but sweat drop from the sight.
"Guys!" Ragtagg shouted at the two, which got them to cease their slap fight as they look to see the others about to take off, "Come on or you'll get left behind!" The two then noticed Hisui was in the wagon with them.
"Wait, is Hisui coming with us?" Nixxiom questioned them.
"Yup." Natsu answered them with a smile.
"…Okay cool." Moocluck replied as he gave them a thumbs up. Nixxiom simply nodded in agreement.
The two then got onto the wagon. The only one who didn't get back on was Natsu.
"Natsu are you getting on?" Matty asked the fire dragon slayer.
"I'm not getting back on that death machine! I'm simply going to walk next to you guys." The pink haired male told them, which got them to sweat drop from his words. Hisui giggled though, finding his words funny.
"Alright then, let's go!" Ragtagg exclaimed as he got the horses to move once again.
The group, those in the wagon and Natsu who was walking beside it, continued their journey to wherever the winds take them. Now that they have a form of transport and supplies, things should be easier for them.
'ONE HOUR LATER'
We see our group currently camping in the forest with nothing but a campfire. They all look rather annoyed, or in Ragtagg's case, angry about something.
One might noticed the lack of their wagon, horses, and supplies. Earlier the group of travelers came across two homeless looking people who looked to be in need of some food. Being the kind people that they are, the group offered them food from their supplies. They stopped to get some firewood, leaving the wagon, horses, and supplies with the two folks, trusting them with watching over their stuff as they went to get the firewood to camp.
…only to return with the two of them, along with the wagon, horses, and supplies gone. And it was then that they realized they were robbed.
So you can imagine that they're not exactly the happiest in the world right now.
"…Who knew homeless people can be thieves?" Nixxiom questioned as he was cooking a rabbit that he killed earlier over the campfire.
"Shut up Nixxiom." Moocluck told him. The warlock was in no mood to talk at all right now due to their stuff being stolen.
"If I ever run into those two again… I will cleave their bodies in two." Ragtagg spoke as he roasted his own rabbit over the fire. It was clear that he was way more angrier compared to the others, he didn't have much self control over his rage compared to the others.
"Oh come on guys. It could be worse." Matty told them, trying to lighten to mood up a little.
"Matty's right," Natsu agreed with the leather wearer, as he was helping Hisui how to roast rabbit over a fire. While the princess didn't really want to eat something that was litteraly just alive a few minutes ago, she knew she didn't really have much of a choice right now, "It couldn't get way worse than it did."
"Yeah," Hisui agreed with the dragon slayer and the monk, hoping to lighten up the mood, "It's not like things could get worse right now, say the sky started raining." She told them.
*KABOOM*
Thunder was heard as the next thing everyone knew the sky was now cloudy dark and it began to pour rain. This pretty much put out their campfire and ruined their freshly caught rabbits. That and they were not getting soaked.
Everyone simply just stood still in their spots as the rains poured on them. Moocluck only glared at the princess, who along with the others only had a blank face.
"…Saying thinks can't get worse really is a bad idea isn't it?" Nixxiom questioned.
"Shut up Nixxiom." Was Ragtagg's only reply.
Okay, I think that's good for right now.
See you all next time, whenever that will be.