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Chapter Thirteen: ACTUAL Training for Hisui
"Uh… Hisui? Are you okay?" Natsu couldn't help but asked the green haired woman, who was merely sitting on a log with her head down with a depressed dark cloud over her head. The Fire Dragon Slayer couldn't help but know why she was like this as he sat down next to her, "I take it the training with the others didn't go well?"
"Terrible!" The Princess of Fiore cried out, getting Natsu to jump a little from the sudden shouting before recovering from it. The woman turned her head toward Natsu so she could see the former Fairy Tail Mage in the eyes, "Ragtagg scared the crap out of me with his words, Matty wants me to be some kind of hopeless drunk, Moocluck also scared the crap out of me with his words, and Nixxiom didn't even do anything but show off his fake accomplishments!" The green haired woman vented out, not at all happy with what she was put through.
Natsu lifted his hands up in the air in a defensive manner in hopes to calm the rather annoyed and depressed Princess. He couldn't help but think she was terrifying when she's like this. It was like when Erza or Lucy when they got mad.
"Okay, okay, no need to get too upset." Natsu attempted to help relax the green haired Princess of Fiore. Hisui, seeing the somewhat frightened pink haired Mage, took in a deep breath before looking back at the ground.
"I'm sorry." She muttered out, luckily thanks to Natsu enhance hearing; he was able to hear her apology.
"Hey, it's alright. There's no need to apologize." Natsu assured her with a smile, hoping that would cheer her up.
It didn't seem to do much as Hisui still looked rather depressed. For some reason, the pink haired Fire Dragon Slayer couldn't help but feel sad himself to see the woman in this state. If only he could train her with his own magic, but sadly Dragon Slaying Magic doesn't work that way. It can only be attainted through being taught by a dragon, with a Dragon Lacrima, or inherent it from a parent with Dragon Slaying Magic.
But then, a light bulb went on in Natsu's head, as his eyes widened as an idea appeared to him.
"I got it!" Natsu exclaimed suddenly as he stood up, which got Hisui's attention as she looked up at the now standing Dragon Slayer.
"Huh?" Hisui let out in confusion. What was the pink haired male next to her thinking? It didn't take long for her answer to come as Natsu turned to look at her with a large grin.
"I can train you!" He told her excitedly.
This got the green haired Princess to be surprised by his sudden declaration.
"Huh?!" She let out again in a more surprised manner, "But how would you…?" She started to ask him, as he simply smiled at her brightly, which got the woman to blush a little from his smile directed at her.
"I may not be able to teach you my magic, but that doesn't mean I can't teach you how to fight." Natsu told her, getting her to widen her eyes in surprised once more.
"You mean you're going to train me in physical combat?" Hisui questioned him, getting him to smile widely once more.
"You got it!" Natsu told her, "Sometimes, the best way to fight your enemy is not with magic, but by punching the crap out of them!" Natsu declared as he raised his fist up high with a laugh. Hisui couldn't help but sweat drop from his choice of words, but that didn't stop the happy smile from appearing on her face.
And before Natsu knew it, the pink haired Fire Dragon Slayer was tackled into a hug by the green haired Princess of Fiore.
"Thank you, thank you, thank you!" Hisui kept on repeating the same words over and over again at the pink haired male, all while continuing to hug him.
Now, one hand Natsu had a rather massive blush due to being hugged by the rather beautiful green haired woman. Now on the other hand…he was having trouble getting air into his lungs due to the bone crushing hug he was receiving from the Princess of Fiore.
"H-Hisui… can't… breathe…" He managed to mutter out, his face going blue from the lack of oxygen.
Hearing him, Hisui widened her eyes as she saw the state he was in, before abruptly ending the hug, allowing Natsu to breathe properly once again. The green haired woman then was apologizing at such a fast pace it was hard to keep.
"I'm sorry!" Hisu apologize, not meaning for her to cause pain to the Fire Dragon Slayer. Luckily Natsu didn't seem to hold any grudges, knowing that she didn't mean to do it.
"I-It's alright, no need to go all frantic like that," Natsu managed to get out, his breathing becoming normal once more as Hisui calmed down. With that out of the way now, the pink haired Fire Dragon Slayer then looked back at the green haired woman as he smiled widely at her once more, "So shall we begin?"
Hisui, after seeing him fine, couldn't help but smile widely again at his words.
"Of course!" Hisui answered him with joy.
'NEXT DAY'
"*YAWN* I'm tired…" Matty admitted to the others as they were walking on the path through the forest.
"Well we did just wake up not that long ago." Hisui pointed out to the leather wearer, as they did only woke up and started to head to the next town like an hour ago.
"Hah! I'm not tired in the slightness!" Ragtagg boasted as he led the group in the front. The grey armored Warrior couldn't help but show off at the others, finding them being tired hilarious.
"Neither am I!" Nixxiom exclaimed with a smile as he as eating an apple that he picked up from a random tree.
"That's because you two fell asleep like an hour before the rest of us did." Moocluck pointed out, knowing that the two armored being in front of them had more rest than them, thus wouldn't be as tired as the rest of the group.
Both Ragtagg and Nixxiom didn't reply, only continued onward still feeling prideful, getting the red robed male to sigh from his two companions. Matty slowed down walking a little to walk beside both Natsu and Hisui, who both seemed very sore.
"Are you two alright? You both are moving quite sluggish." The brown haired Monk couldn't help but point out to the two of them.
"Yeah we're fine. We did a lot of hand to hand combat training yesterday, so we're still a bit exhausted." Natsu informed the alcoholic Monk, who understood what the Fire Dragon Slayer meant.
"I see," Matty replied before he looked back at the green haired Princess, "Well, at least you found a training method you seem to enjoy. If you guys want, I can lend a land with hand to hand combat moves." The Monk offered to her and Natsu.
Hisui simply smiled at him, honored by his suggestion. As long as it didn't involve drinking then she was fine with him joining in to aid with her training.
"Thank you Matty, we'll be sure to remember that." The green haired Princess informed the Monk, who merely smiled at her and Natsu before grabbing a small barrel from his side before drinking it.
They remained on the path for an extra hour, either chatting with one another or in Nixxiom and Moocluck case, argue about which of them was better than the other. This merely got the others in the group to sweat drop at the Warlock and the Knight fighting with one another.
Now, according to the map that Matty had on him, it appeared that they would be approaching a town right up ahead. This got them all to be excited as they would be able to sleep in a nice comfortable bed instead of camping out.
"Finally, we can stay at a nice indoor building." Moocluck let out a happy sigh at the thought of an air conditioned room with an actual bed.
"Yeah, I can't wait to be nice and cozy up in a nice, soft, bed with a comfortable pillow." Nixxiom also gave his two cents about this, as the thought of being nicely wrapped up in warm blankets provided by a hotel they would stay at got him to smile widely.
"And we can get a nice meal that we don't have to make ourselves." Ragtagg told the others, as he was honestly already tired of being forced to cook and heat their own food. Sure, they would have to pay to get someone else to make them and give them food; it was worth it in the Warrior's eyes.
While Natsu didn't voice it like the others did, it would be nice to sleep in a nice bed. Sure, the pink haired Fire Dragon Slayer loved to camp out and be with the wilderness, but even he enjoys a nice comfy and soft bed to sleep in. Hisui also was looking forward to be in a nice bed with air conditioning. Hopefully whatever hotel they will plan to stay at for the rest of the day and night wouldn't be too expensive for them all.
"And more beer! You can' forget about the beer!" Matty exclaimed happily, as he was getting low on the alcohol he had on him. The others merely sweat dropped at seeing the Monk so obsessed with alcohol.
As they got closer to their destination though, Natsu, thanks to his heighten senses of smell, begun to pick up something as he stopped moving. Seeing this, Hisui stopped walking, as did the others as they saw the pink haired male and the green haired female ceased to go onward.
"Natsu? What's wrong?" Hisui asked the Fire Dragon Slayer, who continued to picked up the smell.
"I smell smoke." He merely stated with a look of worry present on his face. This naturally got him confused.
"Smoke?" Moocluck questioned him, "Why would you be smelling smo-?"
He stopped himself abruptly, as the Warlock and everyone else for that matter widened their eyes as they suddenly had an idea about where the smell of smoke was coming off.
And then without warning, the entire group booked it right into the direction where the approaching town was located. They hoped that what they were assuming was wrong, and it was something else. Sadly, they were to be wrong about that. Arriving at top of a hill, their eyes widened by what they all saw.
The town below them was up in flames. Smoke filled the sky as even screams of people could be heard by the group of six. They couldn't help but be shocked by it all.
"No… this can't be…" Nixxiom started to say in disbelief.
"I know…" Hisui managed to reply with her hands covering her mouth as Nixxiom then yelled in anger.
"Someone's burning our beds we were going to sleep in!" The blue armored male shouted in rage.
"No one gets in the way of what we were going to claim!" Moocluck also yelled out in anger.
"THAT'S what you guys are mad about?!" Natsu, Hisui, and Matty shouted at once, not believing Nixxiom's and Moocluck's reasons for being angry about not being able to sleep in beds and not about the fact that there are people in trouble.
Ragtagg didn't say anything, as he only roared in anger as he then charged right into the burning town below. Whoever was responsible from taking his time to relax away was going to pay!
"Let's go and slaughter who's behind burning our place of rest!" Moocluck shouted, as Nixxiom nodded in agreement.
Both the Warlock and Knight then charged into the burning down below as well. Natsu, Hisui, and Matty only sighed at their two friends' antics before the three of them followed suit. They were going to stop whoever was causing this, this they can promise!
Chapter done! Now, the time has come for the group of heroes to encounter, you guessed it, Tartaros itself! Which means Sayla will appear soon as well.
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