Hancock held her face in her hand as she sat back on Salome, the pink spotted white serpent the snake having formed her a chair rather than have her sit on the crates they had plundered in their time away from Amazon Lily. The Snake Princess had calmed down a little. With the mansion above destroyed by the destructive flames, Sandersonia had brought her below deck to calm herself away from the rest of the crew.

Marigold was above issuing orders to the crew, there were fires to be put out and the damage to the ship needed to be addressed promptly before they could once again set sail. Sandersonia was seated on the ground, her height being an issue in such a cramped space but she put up with it as she pulled her legs to her chest. Her injuries had been bandaged but still stung, they would heal eventually. To think that the man had bested both sisters and had been holding back. That was clear in the last attack he had intended for Hancock.

"How are you, sister?" Sandersonia questioned, she recalled seeing the tear-stricken face of her sister and had done what she could to hide it from the members of the crew. Hancock was their leader, the strongest among the Kuja. To have their leader questioned about such things wouldn't have boded well, to have her in such a state of fear and shock, Sandersonia could only imagine what memories had stirred deep from their slumber.

"I'm sorry, Sandersonia." Hancock breathed out as Sandersonia was surprised by the sudden apology. "I shouldn't have said what I said, you're not pathetic... I'm the pathetic one." The larger Kuja frowned as she saw her sister begin to tremble, it reminded her of when they were younger when Hancock would put up a strong front but was just as terrified as they were in the cells of the World Nobles.

"No sister, you're the one who leads and protects us." Sandersonia frowned as she reached over, taking Hancock's small hand in her own as Salome gently nudged the Snake Princess with her head, trying to comfort the woman. "You carry a terrible burden on your shoulders, and you do everything you can to protect not just me and Marigold, but all of the Kuja. You even agreed to become a Warlord for all our sake." Hancock's hand wrapped around the larger finger of her younger sister, squeezing it, the two sat for a few moments in comforting silence.

"I don't know what to do about the man." Hancock admitted, focusing her attention on the one anomaly still aboard. "The damage to our ship is extensive." Sandersonia nodded her head in agreement.

"We're having it inspected now." Sandersonia told her. "Natsu..."

"Natsu?" Hancock raised her head from her hand at the unknown name as she turned to Sandersonia. "That is the man's name?" She asked.

"Yes, Natsu Dragneel." Sandersonia told her. "He called himself a Fairy Tail... Wizard?" Hancock blinked, even Sandersonia spoke the word 'wizard' awkwardly, as if unsure as to what to make of it. True, they had fooled the Kuja into believing their Devil Fruit powers were a curse but did this man truly think that his own Devil Fruit abilities were magic? It was almost laughable at how childish it was.

Regardless, his power was strong and even Hancock herself didn't know if she could defeat him in a proper battle without such a mental breakdown on her part. He had overcome Marigold's Haki with sheer brute strength, and that last attack he halted would have overcome her own.

It was scary to think that someone was capable of matching her with such ease and she'd never even heard of him. True she didn't focus much on the Wanted Posters of others or the movements of notable figures in the world. Only casting a passing interest should one of the Four Emperors' names be brought up, all other news of the world was beneath her. She was happy to focus her attention solely on Amazon Lily, it was the world itself that tried to intrude on their solitude. She had taken a position among the Seven Warlords to keep her home safe from the world's perversions.

It was clear to Hancock that Natsu was stronger than some of the other Warlords as well as she was by no means the weakest among them, just how strong he was she didn't know, which only left the question of why the World Government and the Marines had nothing on him. She felt like that moment of rage he had displayed, was only scratching the surface. Strange that he hadn't popped up on the radar of the World Government, it feels like he was someone they ought to know about. It's almost like he had come from out of nowhere suddenly, right into the path of their ship.

"Marigold has issued the order for us to sail back to Amazon Lily as quickly as we can." Sandersonia began as Hancock leaned back, having been lost in her thoughts, Sandersonia having given her the time to think. "Given the ship's state, it's best that we not make any stops, we were already in the last stretch home but we crossed paths with Natsu."

"With Natsu aboard, this complicates things." Hancock mused as Sandersonia nodded. "We're not strong enough to force him to leave, he made that quite clear, and to bring him back to Amazon Lily, would be to break our laws." She sighed, holding a hand to her head. If they didn't hurry to get the Perfume Yuda repaired, problems could arise, while the Yuda themselves would ward Sea Kings off, it didn't mean a hungry one wouldn't try its luck. "Perhaps we can just ask him to jump overboard?" She asked sincerely as she looked at her sister.

"Ah..." Sandersonia began. "I understand that most would simply do as you bid, Sister." She fidgeted slightly. "But he seems to be immune to your womanly charm." Hancock paused for a moment before nodding slowly, he had been unaffected by her power meaning he held no such lustful thoughts toward her which was a first for her and had even dared to raise his hand to strike her and potentially end her beauty for good with his flames. Raising her thumb to her mouth, she began to chew on her nail. This man irked her like no other.

"Perhaps if he were to stay aboard the ship?" Sandersonia suggested. "We could block off the harbour, have Natsu not leave the area. He'd be on the island but forbidden from leaving the area. Once the ship is repaired, we can set sail again and drop him off somewhere, we could either venture to a nearby island in the Grand Line or even move him into the South Blue."

"Still, bringing a man back to Amazon Lily for any reason shouldn't be done, even by me." Hancock frowned. "But I see no other option here. Granny Nyon is going to have a field day with this and I just know she's going to go sniffing around." She huffed as Sandersonia smiled, while Hancock did act like this towards the old woman, she still loved her deep down. Without her, the three sisters may have never made it back to Amazon Lily after their escape from Mary Geoise. "Do your best to keep this a secret, only the crew should know."

"Of course, Sister." Sandersonia agreed, knowing only trouble would arise should Natsu's presence be discovered.

The young Dragon Slayer had a slightly perplexed look on his face as he sat cross-legged on the deck of the Perfume Yuda. He still wasn't sure why he wasn't getting motion sick. He wasn't complaining, not at all, but he figured there would have to be some kind of reason for it, wouldn't there? Was it maybe because the ship was being pulled by the giant snakes? No, he wasn't on the snakes but on the ship itself feeling its gentle movement as he moved across the calm waters. Had it been any other time, he'd be in serious turmoil, begging Wendy to use her Troia spell.

Honestly, it just felt weird.

He didn't think that these women had a similar Lacrima to what Lamia Scale had in the Christina ship. To be honest, he was glad for his biggest weakness to be gone, didn't make it any less weird though. Taking a glance around he saw that the giant snakes were cautious of him, the women diverted their attention from him. From what he could tell, there were no men aboard the ship.

However among the crew, there were two of the scantily clad women in their strange attire standing nearby, Ran and Rindo, he recalled their names. The two had several sheets of paper in their hands that they were looking through them before back at Natsu repeatedly as if checking for something, what were they up to?

After the fight had ended, the orange-haired giant snake lady, Marigold had taken command of the crew, getting them to put out the fires before they spread across the ship causing even more damage as well as getting a report on just how much damage the ship had taken, he had probably overdone it a bit... eh that was nothing new. Sandersonia, the green-haired giant lady had taken Hancock below deck.

Natsu recalled the look on Hancock's face before her sisters had gone to shield her from his attack. She had been petrified. He'd scared his enemies before, there was no doubt about that, but for some reason, he had a sinking feeling in his gut this time. Maybe this is why Lucy always tried to get him to be more considerate of a girl's feelings with his actions, well mostly her own since she was never happy about being dragged into his messes, he kinda felt bad for making Hancock cry like that. He'd apologize later when she was feeling a bit better.

"Natsu." The Dragon Slayer looked up to see Marigold having approached him, her injuries from her fight with him had been bandaged, and while he had been holding back against the two sisters he had been expecting her to be a bit more burnt from his attacks. She and her sister seemed to be pretty strong, he had to wonder if they had a proper fight, how it'd turn out, he was excited at the prospect of duking it out with them, even if just for fun, same with that Hancock lady too, she seemed like she might be pretty strong. "It has been decided that we're going to allow you to come to Amazon Lily." She informed him.

"That's your island right?" Natsu questioned getting a nod from Marigold, he had spoken a little to Marigold about where they were headed, to the isle of women, Amazon Lily. Natsu had been confused about the whole no-man thing that they had been going on, but who was he to judge? Just seemed weird to him is all. But honestly, an island with no men wasn't the weirdest thing to happen to him today considering what had happened, he had died when he had ended Zeref.

"But there are rules that you must follow." Marigold continued as she sat down before him, crossing her legs. The mention of rules caused the Dragon Slayer to groan, he and the rules didn't really go well together. "We will have the harbour blocked off once we arrive, once the barricades have been erected you'll be allowed off the ship so that the repairs can be carried out, but you cannot go beyond the harbour." She explained. "Your presence on the island will be kept secret to the Kuja Pirates alone, so even when you're in the harbour once the repairs get underway you'll be cordoned off during these times to keep you hidden."

"That sounds lame." Natsu groaned, not liking the idea in the slightest but he didn't have much choice here, he would have liked to do a little exploring, if Happy was here he could just fly around... but, he was alone. "How long will the repairs take?" He figured he could rest up, for a while after all that had happened.

"It could be a while." Marigold stated causing Natsu to furrow his brow. "The Kuja Pirates will be making sure that you follow these rules Natsu, it's the only way for you to be on the island. It's already breaking our laws bringing you back. We ask that you follow these rules until we can depart and drop you off somewhere else." Natsu frowned, his attack on the ship had damaged it, causing them to only course their way back to Amazon Lily. If the ship had been in a better state, they probably would have changed course to drop him off. It was kinda his own fault he was in this situation, didn't mean he had to like it.

"Fine." Natsu huffed. "Just as long as I have enough food." He told her.

"Of course." Marigold nodded.

"We'll make preparations once we arrive to supply you with anything you need." Natsu and Marigold looked over to see Hancock along with Sandersonia approaching, the two had come back up from below deck, and she seemed to be doing better than the last time he had seen her although he was annoyed that the same air of superiority was back, like hell he was apologising to a stuck up lady like her.

He wanted to smack her one.

"But know this, Natsu Dragneel." Hancock's eyes focused on him, with a stone-cold gaze. "Should the Kuja discover that you are on the island, it will be expected of me as Empress of our island, to follow through with tradition." Her gaze hardened into a glare. "You will be executed."

"Tch." Natsu clicked his teeth as he turned his head to the side, resting his chin on his palm. "Shut up ugly." Marigold and Sandersonia could barely believe what they had just heard as they turned to Hancock to see the fury burning in her eyes. They half expected her to attempt to kill him then and there, but, surprisingly to the younger Gorgon sisters, she simply bit her lip in her anger turned, and marched off knowing there was no point in fighting him, or she didn't feel confident in doing so after what had happened.

Sandersonia and Marigold shared a glance before hurrying after her, only to stop as they heard something crash and saw Hancock's foot directly through a portion of the deck, the woman having unleashed her anger upon the ship as members of the crew looked on, concerned at her actions.

"Perhaps we should let her get her anger out." Marigold stated, happy that the ship was due for repairs regardless. She just hoped they'd make it back to Amazon Lily before there was nothing left to sail.

"That might be for the best." Sandersonia agreed as they turned back to Natsu to see him grinning like a child to himself. Both sisters knew that for whatever reason he had called her that on purpose, simply to annoy her. They had never seen anyone treat Hancock that way, not since they had been young girls, apprentices to the elder generation of the Kuja Pirates. He had just teased the Pirate Empress. Just who was this man who wasn't affected by their sister's beauty?

"It's Amazon Lily!" Rindo called out as Natsu jumped to his feet and ran to the railing looking past the two giant snakes who stiffened at his presence, grinning as he too saw the island coming into view. He saw the outlay of the island before taking in the dense green jungles that covered it. What drew his eye, even more, was the large mountain situated in the centre. Carved with gigantic curved snake statues and engraved into the mountain was the name of the native tribe of the island, Kuja.

What was with these ladies and snakes?

"Under the order of the Snake Princess, vacate the harbour immediately and raise the barriers!" Marigold called to the shocked amazons in the bay, the damaged Perfume Yuda having just sailed into the island's harbour, the large red gate behind the ship now closing behind them.

As per usual almost the entire populace of the island had come in droves to see the island's greatest warriors and welcome back the island's ruler, having been waiting for the Kuja Pirates to return with celebrations at the ready. But to see the Kuja Pirates' famed Perfume Yuda in such a state of destruction, left the amazons in stunned silence. Never before had the island's flagship returned in such a state. Murmurs rose among the crowd as Marigold frowned, seeing the concern on the faces of the residents of the island.

"Fear not!" Hancock called stepping up next to Marigold, revealing herself to be fine to the Kuja. "All is well, follow the order immediately!" At the order of the Snake Princess, the entire gathered populace went about the following command, the harbour was soon empty of all, and the cloth barriers that were used to shield the Gorgon Sisters while bathing was erected around the harbour. While they didn't know the reason, they had no interest in questioning the Pirate Empress. Not a single member of the Kuja Pirates had disembarked during the construction of the barriers, not even the Gorgon Sisters themselves.

It was clear to the entire crew that they were breaking the laws, but by order of their Empress, they were not allowed to speak a word to anyone that they had brought a man back to the island, or they faced severe consequences. After what they had seen the man do to the three sisters, it was clear that they had no other choice.

"It's done?" Hancock questioned as she looked up at her younger sister Marigold, getting a nod from her. The entire harbour was void of anyone, silence echoed where once a large gathering of the Kuja had been. "They can't discover that we brought a man back to the island with us." She announced to the crew. "Under any circumstance, he is to be watched and not to leave the harbour."

"Yes, Snake Empress!" The crew chorused.

"What do we do sister?" Marigold questioned.

"I..." Hancock looked over her shoulder to see the pink-haired young man that had shown them mercy when he had the power to destroy them, he was curiously peaking over the side of the boat as Sandersonia tried to ask him not to encase someone spotted him, it was unlikely now that the barriers were set up but it was best to be cautious. "I don't know." She frowned. "It would be best that I consult the old woman before she finds out about it herself, bring her to the palace." Marigold nodded as the two Yuda moved into position, the Kuja Pirates beginning to disembark down the large snakes.

"Land!" Natsu laughed as he raced past the two causing Hancock to frown, he was so loud how were they going to keep this a secret? She shared a look with her sisters, both giving her awkward smiles before she sighed heavily as she watched Natsu look around as if he were a child.

"Are you stupid!?" The elderly Kuja shouted as Hancock settled into her bed, and reclined back against Salome. It had only been a few short hours since she had already returned to the Kuja Palace and was flatly annoyed by the presence of the old woman already now that she had finally arrived, to think that it had taken so long for the old bat to accept her summons. "To bring a man back to the island! Are you out of your mind!?"

"We had little choice Granny Nyon." Sandersonia tried to say to quell the little old lady.

"He's powerful." Marigold agreed. "We wouldn't have been able to force him to leave if we wanted to and our ship was in dire need of repairs." She added.

"Yes, I heard rumours of the state of the Perfume Yuda when you pulled into the harbour." Granny Nyon nodded, calming herself somewhat. "To think only a single man could do that, you say you found him in the middle of the calm belt fighting Sea Kings?"

"Yes, he didn't reveal anything other than his name to us." Sandersonia stated.

"We believe that considering he's eaten a Devil Fruit, he must have been either shipwrecked or abandoned out there." Marigold added. "He was strong enough to defeat Sandersonia and myself, he even withstood Hancocks' power." She admitted, Granny Nyon turning to the Snake Empress who clicked her teeth in response, her annoyance clear on her beautiful features.

"He... he called himself a Wizard." Sandersonia stated awkwardly.

"Ignorant and Childish, he probably has no idea that he possesses the power of a Devil Fruit." Hancock huffed. "The sooner the Perfume Yuda is repaired, the sooner we can rid him of our island."

"Perhaps." Granny Nyon mused. "There is much to this world that is to be discovered, the world is a vast place with all manners of unique powers and abilities, he might not have eaten a Devil Fruit at all."

There was a sudden commotion outside the door before they burst open as Rindo and Ran stood there, breathing heavily as Hancock rose anger on her features about the sudden disturbance, about to order them away but stopped seeing the distressed looks on their faces.

"T-The man!" Ran breathed out.

"He's gone!" Rindo finished.

X-Earlier-X

Natsu had his hands folded behind his head, he could hear the gentle lapping of the waves, not just in the harbour, but with his heightened hearing he could hear the waves of the ocean crashing on the shore beyond the natural walls of the island. The Dragon Slayer was laying in a cot that had been brought to the harbour for him, nothing flash but he would have gathered his familiar hammock.

He could also hear the partying going on at the return of the Kuja pirates, there was some big celebration at their return and he was kinda miffed he didn't get to join in, he was a member of Fairy Tail, he'd be the light of the party. Instead, he was supposed to remain here and wait for the ship to be prepared and not be discovered. They hadn't even started repairing the ship yet! Gah! This was already so boring!

Staring up at the night sky, he'd been lying here for a while now after some of the Kuja Pirates had brought him food, notably the smoking pirate, Rindo, had delivered it saying she'd be back shortly to check up on him and see if he needed anything else. Why were they such sticklers about men being on their island? He didn't understand it. He just wanted to explore a little, maybe join the party with the others, it's not like he'd bother anyone.

This sucked.

First, he arrives in the middle of the ocean, gets attacked by pirate ladies and now has to hide out just because he's a man? He was in an entirely new world, there was probably plenty of adventure and fun to be had. How was he supposed to keep his promise to keep on living if he was hounded by rules all the time?

"This sucks." He muttered quietly to himself. "Stupid snake ladies and their stupid no-men rul-." He halted himself mid-rant before a grin crossed his face as an idea hit him and he quickly sat up. Sure, he figured he could sneak off if he really wanted to, he played ninja with Happy plenty of times... but this idea was just perfect! Originally, he and Happy had done it to up their pranking game, but why didn't he think of it before now? This was the perfect opportunity to use it!

Standing from the cot, he quickly looked around. There were a few Kuja assigned as guards but most weren't paying attention to his little area, doing their best to stay away from him as per orders from Hancock. A small cordoned-off area where undoubtedly he was expected to stay during the repairs was built so it wasn't hard to pull the sheet across to give him some privacy.

"Now, just gotta remember what Mira said..." He thought to himself, remembering back to the lesson Mirajane had given to him, Lucy and Happy on transformation magic.

~"Focus on the person, imagine that you have their face and body then focus the magic power on the picture of them you have in your head, now unleash all of it!"~

It wasn't hard to picture Lucy in his mind, Mira had said that because they were friends it would be easier to pull off the transformation. He'd seen Lucy naked dozens of times and he had ingrained her facial features to memory at this point, so he had a good sense of what to picture in his head. Seeing her smiling in his memories brought a smile to his face before he focused his magic and in a plume of smoke, he had transformed into Lucy.

Although, he was still wearing his clothes despite now looking like Lucy. Pursing his lips in thought, it was clear that if he didn't change outfits it'd raise some questions, considering that everyone he had seen so far wore similar revealing tribal outfits. Peeking his head out, or more so Lucy's he searched for one of the pirates, intent to take notice of what kinda outfit she was wearing.

Natsu spotted the bushy-haired Daisy who was leaning on her snake as if she was bored out of her mind. Ducking his head back into the cordoned-off area, he focused on the outfit in his mind, imagining Lucy wearing it... honestly, it kinda seemed like her style considering her sense of fashion so it wasn't hard to picture it.

In another plume of smoke, standing in the room was now a picture-perfect image of Lucy Heartfillia dressed in a skimpy green top made only from a long piece of cloth that barely covered each breast and tied down with a thin belt, black thigh-high stockings, and matching panties with red cloths buttoned at each side along with a white cape that he had seen the pirates wear.

He couldn't help the grin that spread across his face, now that he looked like Lucy and was wearing what the other Kuja was wearing, he shouldn't have any problems blending in and having some fun with the others. Stepping out of the tent Natsu walked across the harbour, not drawing the slightest bit of attention to himself before he used the entrance, one of the Kuja on duty opened the curtain for him and allowed him to pass without issue.

Before him was a track that led from the harbour to a massive town that was partying into the night. His grin spread from ear to ear as he hurried down, he could already smell the food and couldn't wait to get his fill!

"Time to party!" He cheered, barely registering that it was still his own deeper manly voice and not Lucy's more higher-pitched tone. Instead, he raced towards the city. When he got there, the sheer amount of women was just baffling, he honestly hadn't really known what to expect of an island of just women, but it was just so different to see that it was weird.

Instead of focusing on it, he decided to enjoy himself. It looked like there was a festival going on after all. What drew his gaze was the giant slabs of meat that were roasting over open fires and others were being grilled. Both the meat and the flames caused him to drool... the only problem was, he saw that the amazons were purchasing the meat with a currency he didn't recognise, meaning he was flat broke.

"Hurry up Marguerite, the banquet is about to start!" A voice caught Natsu's ear as he looked down the street to see a group of young women, varying in size from two standard women, a rather obese looking one and then kneeling beside them was a giant lady. Instead of worrying about the obvious size difference, he focused on what he had heard.

Banquet meaning... free food? Sure Rindo had brought him a meal, but he was still hungry. Grinning, he opted to follow the four which led him to a massive building where women were coming and going. This is where the main party had to be, right? Entering the hall his grin only grew, there were rows and rows of tables all filled with massive amounts of food.

It seemed that people were free to come and go as they pleased, opening up new spots before they were filled again. Natsu quickly took a spot and got to eating whatever was within range, it seemed that whatever disappeared was quickly replaced and since it was there, he ate that too and it wasn't long before he started to draw attention to himself, honestly, he didn't care much as everything tasted so good.

All that the amazons around him saw, was a busty blonde putting away more food than what should have been possible, eating with the ravenous appetite of a beast more than a dignified woman of the Kuja.

Natsu reached for what looked to be some kind of large chicken leg when his wrist was grabbed causing him to pause munching whatever was in his mouth as he looked up across the table to see a very obese woman, with round eyes, a double chin, and a big nose. She wore red lipstick, and has brownish-red hair, flowing in the back, and in two big curls in the front. She wears a wiggly black and yellow striped top that shows most of her breasts, and all of her stomach.

"Don't you think you've had your fill, girlie?" The woman spoke causing those around them to grow quiet. For a moment, Natsu had totally forgotten that he was still transformed and tilted his head at the word 'girlie'. Murmurs arose around them, Natsu picking up that this lady's name was Pansy and that apparently she was picking a fight with a member of the Kuja Pirates... so they thought he was a pirate lady now?

"I'm hungry." Natsu stated, shocking some around them at how deep the 'woman's' voice was.

Natsu reached for the chicken leg again, only this time Pansy tightened her grip and the moment she did Natsu launched from where he was seated, throwing his fist into her jaw and sending her crashing through several other tables some of the other amazons not able to get out of the way in time and they formed a massive heap at the end of the hall.

Now standing on the table, chicken leg in hand as he took a bite out of it. He grinned as the others all turned back to him before they laughed a cheered making Natsu laugh along with them, apparently what he had done wasn't some big bad thing, these women seemed to respect strength more than anything else. He almost felt like he was back in the guild hall again.

However, as he munched on the chicken leg, he felt something off and it was clear that his transformation magic was about to wear off meaning if he didn't get out of there, he was going to transform back right here and make a whole mess of things. Grabbing one last piece of the Sea King steak, he rushed out of the dining hall some were calling after him to come back, but he ignored them.

It was becoming more and more clear that his transformation was changing as the tribal clothes he was wearing turned back into his own clothes. Rushing through the streets towards the edge of the city, he felt his body shift into his lean muscular form, all he had left was Lucy's face and hair when he reached the city limits and hurried into the jungle where the last of his transformation wore off.

"Man, that sure was close." Natsu grinned as he finished off the Sea King steak, wiping his hands on his jacket before noting the heavy scent of salt on him, not having been able to bathe since he got here meant that he still stunk of the sea. Looking back at the glowing lights of the city, it seemed like things back there were only becoming more and more boisterous, but instead of heading back he turned to the jungle intending to find a river to use for a bath.

It didn't take long before Natsu stumbled across a river, beneath a large cliff. It took even less time before Natsu was naked waist deep rising the temperature of the water until it was boiling and letting off steam as he relaxed against the side enjoying the boiling hot water. It sure had been a hell of a day. Natsu spread his arms out across the bank of the river, tilting his head up as he looked towards the sky, watching the stars as the moon shone brightly down.

As he soaked, Natsu ended up pulling his discarded clothes into the water with him hoping that he could rinse them off the salty sea stink that had seeped into them.

"Guess I should head back to the harbour to wait for the stupid boat to be repaired."

"So you're the man then." A voice spoke causing Natsu to blink as he turned in the water to see an elderly lady sitting on a nearby log, she like the other Kuja had a snake that was purple in colour.

The woman herself was remarkably diminutive in height but still taller than Makarov, probably, with very thick lips, and wrinkled from old age. She wears a sea-green bubble belt to hold up the spotted-print short skirt that all Kuja wear. Her hair is white and she wears a pink flower on the left side of her head.

"You've caused quite a stir, your absence has already been reported to the Snake Princess and they're out searching for you everywhere as we speak." The woman stated causing Natsu to frown. "But I doubt much will come of it, from what I've been told you're quite the strange fellow and not one to be trifled with either."

"Hey, they picked a fight with me." Natsu huffed. "I was just minding my own business, enjoying some lunch and then they fired a whole bunch of super strong arrows at me."

"I have no doubt." The lady chuckled. "I am Gloriosa, most call me Elder Nyon, if you'd like I can offer you a place to stay rather than the harbour while the Perfume Yuda is being repaired. While not much, it will give you a bit more freedom. I'll let the Snake Princess know that you're in my care while you're here."

"Done." Natsu grinned as he grabbed his clothes and stepped out of the now steaming river, not caring in the least about his nudity before the old lady whose eyes widened and she had the decency to blush as a smile came to her face.

"A man indeed."