Welcome back Thank you so much for reading and reviewing guys! Read on to see how Natsu and Levy are doing.
Chapter 2:
"Slow down Natsu!" for someone just minutes ago debilitated by motion sickness he was off again like a magic shot Levy couldn't keep up, it was kind of like Jet racing ahead, you got used to it but when it came to Natsu there tended to be fire involved and Levy didn't need that on her record.
"Hurry up Levy times a wasting!" Natsu yells charging ahead. Levy has no choice but to dig deep and keep running after him.
Asking around the town of Daffodil proved unproductive, Natsu kept yelling and demanding answers while Levy tried reasoning with people and keeping him under wraps, she sympathized so much for Lucy dealing with him every day.
"Natsu you need to calm down" Levy scolds.
"Now I'm going into this bar alone stay here okay?" she tells him walking into the bar leaving the disappointed Dragon Slayer outside.
Levy slowed when she entered it was a lot darker in here compared to outside, only a few low candles burned at some tables, the bar was the most lit with four candles spread around. Levy went to the bartender, a tall older man wiping down glasses.
"Excuse me could you help me?"
"Depends what you want" he says with a gruff voice.
"I'm looking for these two brothers Jacob and Jared Maloney have you heard of them? Maybe they've passed through?" Levy gasped feeling a knife at her back.
"Now what would a pretty little thing like you want with guys like us?" a voice asked, hot breath on her neck sending a chill down her spine, it was so dark she couldn't properly see the patrons.
"Get out" another voice said to the bartender, who quickly scuffled away, one turned her to face them. They weren't bad looking was her first thought, rather handsome in their mid-twenties, dark brown hair with matching eyes, they were defiantly brothers.
"I'll ask again Blue, what do you want with us?" the first one asked still holding the knife now at her chest. Light suddenly filled the darkness Levy looked past the two at Natsu holding fire in his hands.
"Get the hell away from Levy!" he roars before attacking, Levy ducks over the bar hearing only the sound of fighting, tables and glasses breaking, fire and burning. When it goes quiet, Levy sticks her head up, the brothers were on the ground, the bar was in shambles and Natsu stood over them.
"Thanks Natsu" Levy comes around to him.
"Don't worry about it but let's stick together from now on"
"Deal" Levy agrees.
When the bounty hunter brothers woke up Natsu didn't mess around he tied them up and started pulling them along to take them in, Levy kept walking a little bit ahead.
"Look we know you've obviously been hired to take us in but let me just tell you that is a bad idea" the older brother Jacob says.
"And why's that?" Natsu asks.
"Cause me and my brother we're about to score big time, ever heard of the Durian Lost Treasure?"
"The whatsit treasure?"
"The Durian Treasure?!" Levy exclaims, stopping right in front of Jacob, Jacob smirks.
"Yeah the ancient treasure which has been lost for centuries possibly longer, we've got a map to it"
"And a key" Jared inputs.
"Seriously?" Natsu and Levy say together.
"Yep, my brother and I are going to steal it, then sell it to the highest bidder, we'll make millions possibly billions to the right buyer, if you let us go we'll give you a cut"
"No way" Natsu says causally.
"I'm glad you agree Natsu but still we need to find that treasure, it's the archeological find of a century and deserves to be in a museum, somewhere safe" Levy says imploringly, she looks back to the brothers.
"Where is the treasure and the key?" the brothers look between them.
"Look if your so insistent about finding the treasure you're going to need us, we've been looking for it and the key for over a decade"
"How hard could it be following a map?" Natsu mutters.
"Depends what language it's in and if it's purely topographical and doesn't have any hidden marks" Levy replies.
"I trust you two know where to unlock wherever the treasure is kept?"
"We do" Jared confirms.
Levy goes over to Natsu.
"This is really important Natsu we have to find it" Natsu doesn't look so sure but he nods.
"Alright we'll find this ancient treasure thingy of yours but you guys aren't being let out of those ropes"
"No problem, we just want to be there to witness history" Jacob says.
"Especially after all the hard work we put in to find it" Jared agrees.
Together the team of four set out.
It took three days to reach the outlining village and another day of walking through dense jungle before Jared told them they were getting close. Levy was dressed in short shorts, a singlet top and hiking boots, her bandana rearranged to keep sweat out of her eyes from both the humidity and all the hiking and her messenger bag slung across her body.
The brothers still wore the same clothes they found them in, only know they'd lost their jackets, their shirts where half undone and their pants ripped because of some thorn bushes they'd come across the day before.
Natsu had his shirt wrapped around his waist, his scarf around his head, he had a sword made by Levy to help him clear a path ahead, Levy also had a sword to make the path wider for their…prisoner guides? Levy wasn't sure what to call them but they made their way through the jungle until finally they found a pyramid.
"This is it" Jacob confirms.
"Hmm the one on Galuna Island was bigger" Natsu says.
"It's amazing" Levy says looking at the moss and vines which had begun to cover it after all these years.
"That it is, now how about we open it?" Jared says.
Levy goes first to the entrance as far as she could see there was no key hole but there were bricks with inscriptions on them from a dead language.
"So where's the key meant to go?" Natsu asks.
"It isn't a physical key, it's a code to unlock the door" Jared says stepping closer.
"What's the key?" Levy asks.
"From Ancient Times I Do Decree To Unlock Thee Durian Treasure Forthwith Onto Me"
Jared recites, Levy studies the stones in front of her, in this language they didn't have as many words to describe things, she saw the sign for treasure, a person, time, unlock and spell/magic otherwise known as Durian in their time.
Levy carefully pushes the rocks in sequence of the quote by Jared, a rumbling sound from within before the door opens, Levy can't see inside so she casts Light and the entrance illuminates. Natsu lights one of his hands of fire and leads them inside.
"It's hard to believe no one's been here for hundreds of years" Natsu says looking at the wall with a long line of skulls lining it like decoration.
"Yeah I know but we're here now no use turning back" Levy says hopefully bravely.
Levy suddenly felt a tug and turns, Jacob had grabbed her sword and was cutting free his ropes, Levy gasped backing into Natsu's who's foot gets caught on a line of string between the walls.
"Uhh is that bad?" Natsu asks as the whole pyramid starts shaking, Natsu grabs Levy and throws them further inside only just missing a huge rock fall, Jared and Jacob have to also jump back to avoid the cave in.
Review, Fav and Follow for More!