Yoo minna! I've been very busy lately with studying for exams and school work getting to me and such and I hate myself for not updating! I'm a horrible person :l ! Also, thank you all for the reviews and favourites on the previous chapter and other stories! It made me extremely happy :D Please keep up that amazing support you give me (Also motivates me to continue the Fic) :3
Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail because I am not as awesome as Hiro Mashima but I do own a One piece phone case ;)
~Previously~
"-yawn- How about this... I will tell you the answers to those questions if your boyfriend over there can beat me in a brawl –yawn-"
"H-He's not my boyfriend!" Lucy exclaimed.
"Brawl..?" Natsu smirked handing Lucy's and his bag to Lucy ignoring her protests and got into a fighting stance.
"I'm all fired up!"
Chapter 5: The Fight
Normal P.O.V.
Lucy watched from the side lines as Natsu and the mysterious white-haired man battled it out, knocking down every tree as they passed by. The white-haired man's fighting style wasn't anything like Lucy had seen before and she found it weird how he moved around like he was drunk but in such a graceful way that he could avoid most of Natsu's attacks. Lucy had noticed that the man had not yet gone on the offensive as he was only dodging and watching Natsu closely. Lucy had an idea as to what he was doing. He was watching and learning the way that Natsu fights and getting used to his style of movements but Lucy wondered why Natsu wasn't using his fire magic like he had said he had. Natsu didn't look like he was using all of his strength to fight either but Lucy had never seen him fighting in the first place so she didn't really know what to expect from him.
As Natsu lunged out his fist at the man once more, the man let out an unamused grunt and suddenly vanished causing Natsu fall forwards due to the force that he had put into the punch. Looking around the open space that they had created, Natsu got up. His eyes landed on Lucy and he saw the white-haired man flash behind her figure.
"LUCY!" Natsu yelled in desperation scrambling towards her.
Lucy heard Natsu's voice and saw him running towards her, she knew at that moment that the mysterious man had somehow snuck up behind her. But she was NOT going to let this man touch her. She dropped the bags on the ground and pulled out the whip from her belt. With the handle of the whip clutched in her right hand, she swung the weapon behind her emitting a fierce 'crack' sound while spinning around and jumping backwards.
"Hey, hey, I wasn't really going to hurt you girly," The man rubbed his arm at the spot that Lucy had hit him and yawned, "I just want your boyfriend to get serious."
"KARYŪ NO TEKKEN!"
Natsu's flaming fist made contact with the white-haired man's cheek sending him flying backwards and slamming through a few trees before finally coming to a halt, his back slamming against a thick tree trunk. The tree shook violently forcing its leaves to shudder and fall, there's no doubt that the impact gave the man a few fractured ribs or worse.
Lucy's eyes were the size of saucers as she witnessed the amount of destruction that Natsu had caused with just a single punch. Well, it wasn't a normal punch. He was using his fire magic which, to Lucy, looked very cool and badass considering how idiotic his pink hair was.
Natsu noticed Lucy staring so intensely at what he had just done and a smile cracked over his features. He flashed his thumb up to her looking pretty damn proud of himself. Lucy sweat dropped but smiled at how childishly happy he was acting.
"Nicely done Salamander, -yawn- you certainly don't disappoint." The white haired man stood up and brushed the wood splinters off of his arms and attempted to smack his jaw back into place.
Lucy quickly grabbed their bags and ran a fair distance away from the battle field, hiding behind a fairly large bush. Upon reaching the bush, she noticed some odd plants and berries growing next to some trees that looked familiar to her. She learnt of many medical herbs from her friends in the castle because she was always hurt and needed to be treated. She didn't want to be sitting on the sidelines of the battle doing nothing but watching so she decided to make herself useful and started gathering the plants and wrapping them in a cloth for storage in her bag.
A loud sounding crack was heard when the white haired man finally managed to pop his jaw back in place, grimacing at the pain.
Natsu leaped forwards, lighting the heels of his feet with his fire magic making his body move at an incredible speed. The man smiled and got into a fighting stance. Natsu pulled his fist back, lighting it on fire and threw the punch at the man upon reaching him.
At the same time, the man also lunged his readied fist forwards making contact with Natsu's. The impact sent out a shockwave of power and air that surrounded the two, creating a crater in the ground beneath them. The both of them were sent flying in the opposite direction of each other. Natsu was slammed against a tree and the man flipped backwards and landed on his feet, still being dragged back a bit due to the force. Natsu stood up and spat out some blood that had started pooling in his mouth. The white-haired man wiped the small scorching flames on his fist off and blew at the burns that it had left behind. The both of them smiled as though they were having fun, they both ran forwards and started attacking each other. Although they were fighting like enemies, the smiles that they wore never left their faces, they were surely and truly enjoying this battle more than they should be.
When Lucy finally finished gathering what she could, she packed the last of the herbs into her bag and that's when she noticed that her bag looked like it was about to explode. She sweat dropped and thought aloud, "Maybe I got too much... haha."
Looking at the pink watch on her right arm, she noticed that she had been gathering plants for over 10 minutes and started to worry about Natsu. She put her bag on her back, hugged Natsu's bag and started to jog over to where the battle was. Upon reaching the field, she saw all of the destruction and a shiver was sent down her spine.
An explosion nearby caught her attention as she rushed towards the direction of where the fresh smoke was raising from. Trees were severely damaged and scorched all around her, a burning branch fell and almost hit her making a shriek rip from her throat.
She saw something spiky and pink on the ground in the distance and everything around her went silent, she started sprinting towards Natsu at full speed and dropped on her knees beside him. He was badly bruised everywhere and his clothes were a mess. His left arm was twisted in a way that even onlookers could feel the pain. She found a flat piece of wood nearby and opened her bag. Tears were constantly flowing out of her eyes and she couldn't stop them, taking some herbs that she had gathered earlier, she crushed them in her hands and the dew that was inside the plant dripped out and onto Natsu's arm. Once the dew covered his whole arm, she wrapped it in a layer of bandages and then bandaged the flat wood on to keep his arm straight and in place.
She was so caught up in helping Natsu that she didn't notice the white-haired man, who was also sprawled out on the ground a few meters away from them. He groaned and sat up putting a beaten arm on his head to steady it. Looking around, he saw Lucy crying her eyes out while treating the unconscious Natsu of his injuries. Remembering what had happened, he smiled and laughed whole-heartedly, his voice echoing through the forest making the birds flee from their hiding spots in the trees.
When Lucy heard the laughter, she snapped back into reality and let out a soft whimper of shock as she turned towards the white-haired man with her eyes flooding in fear. The man ended his joyful laughter with a yawn that brought a small tear to the corner of his eye. He looked up at Lucy and smiled, making her feel a bit more relaxed because it didn't seem like he would attack her.
"You two are quite interesting aren't you? I've decided not to kill him since it's been such a long time since I had such a good brawl like that. My name is Pangju. Tell that boy that we will meet again in the future and tell him to treat you well. I will be going now princess. –Yawn-" And with that, the man named Pangju stood up and limped away into the distance.
Well this took long for me to upload... I'm so bad at fighting scenes... Anyways! I hope you all enjoyed this chapter! Sorry it's kinda short... I wanted to upload it as soon as I remembered about it. Again, I'm sorry for not updating for so long! READ AND REVIEW! See you in the next chapter! (Someone special will be joining the story ;D) Ja Ne~!
