So here's my next chapter, sorry I wanted to upload it already but then I got stuck and we were at my grandparent's house and since no one except my best friend know that I have an account and write my own stories I had to wait. Enjoy!
Chappy 16
I stood there in front of Lucy and I didn't have the slightest idea what to do. I mean, seriously, she was stupid like hell because she ran away from home but I could understand her. Somehow. And I helped her after all, so a part of all this shit was my fault too.
And I couldn't risk that the crew knew what's going on and that she had been on the ship. That would make me a shitty pirate captain and if they knew that I even helped her, they would lose every bit of admiration and respect they had for him. Well, they -except Wendy- didn't really admire or respect him to begin with.
And the worst of all, that little princess cried. At least she had tears in her eyes. And Natsu couldn't deal with crying girls at all. When he wanted to comfort them, they always cried even louder and started to hug him and cry in his chest. That ruined his shirts and, more importantly, it startled him.
He should've known that the girl hanging upside down in front of him wasn't like all the girls he met yet.
"Hey lil' princess, ya got yarself really in trouble ya know" Gajeel interrupted the silence.
Now all the girls known to Natsu would've cried loudly and pitied themselves. Instead of that Lucy huffed and started to yell:
"Maybe your little, slow brain didn't get that information yet but I'm hanging here, so it's obvious that I'm in trouble, and still, I fucking knew that already so SHUT THE FUCK UP!"
The whole crew stared at her bewildered. Nobody (except a few out of them) dared to insult Gajeel or scream at him. She actually completed in making the whole crew speechless and that was almost impossible. (The other case was when Erza searched for her stolen strawberry cheesecake)
But soon enough Gajeel got to his senses again, his scowl deepened and he walked to the side of her, kneeled down to her face and said, almost whispered in a deadly tone:
"Ya wanna die?"
"Gajeel!" Levy yelled in the background.
"Pfft, as if you could kill me."
Natsu had to admit, that girl got some guts.
"Maybe you do not really get the situation, Miss Heartfilia. You are trapped here, unarmed and still you insult an armed and freely moving pirate who could blow your brain up every minute."
"GAJEEL!" Levy yelled even louder, the only one possible to say something since the other ones were too shocked to see that Gajeel could actually speak without messing up the words.
"Believe it or not, but that's my slightest problem just now." Lucy deadpanned and that got Natsu to his senses again.
Lucy might be a royal and she might be the one who destroyed his dream but she was in danger and somehow a … not exactly a pirate but she was on his ship and she had the same foes as them and she decided that she didn't want to be a normal royal hence she was a run-away from home.
So Natsu decided that he would help her. That didn't depend on the somehow warm feeling he got in his stomach when he thought about the short time on the ship with her.
"She's right, free her from that rope and Jet, could you please get that necklace far away and come then back? We can't risk to get caught by these idiots because of that thing in her necklace."
All the pirates stared at him shocked. Even Lucy looked bewildered.
"Aye, Captain…?"Jet said.
"What? We're going to help her, make her a part of the crew and piss off Heartfilia even more." Okay, the part with the 'make her a part of the crew' wasn't planned but it slipped over his lips just like that.
He wasn't sure if he would regret it or not.
"Wait, what? I never said I'll be a part of your crew!" Lucy interrupted. Natsu looked at her, slightly pissed. Levy was already helping her down from that rope.
"D' you wanna get caught and live your life like it was before you helped us in the prisons and ran away from home or do you wanna be free?"
"I never said I ran away! Father threw me out!" Now Natsu was startled and looked down at her sitting on the leaf-covered ground.
"What?"
"That doesn't make sense, why would he set a bounty on you then?" Popsicle asked.
"Dunno! But Mira thinks that he wants to marry me to some fat, rich ass!" WHAT?
This time Natsu decided to say nothing for the sake of not sounding like a broken record.
"But the question is still the same. Do you want to get your miserable live like before back or do you want to be free?" Erza interrupted. Natsu stared at her questioningly. Why did she help him?
Or more like helping Lucy. This one looked now a little torn and startled.
Sure, she lived her whole live as a royal and she is going to be a pirate if she says yes. That is a hard decision. Let's make it a little bit easier for her!
"Just to make it clear, no matter how you decide, you're going to be a part of us, either through your decision to be one or through my way which contains kidnapping you. I can't risk my good reputation with someone running around who has the currently biggest reward on his head –next to me of course- who isn't in my crew."
"What a nice way to put it, Captain Pinky" she said sarcastically.
"What's the big deal? You were already helped by pirates –that's at least what your father says- and you need a roof over your head. And you are already searched and with becoming a part of the crew, you don't need to be afraid of any other pirates spilling you. So?" Levy asked. Wow, now she helped Natsu too.
"Yes right, I was helped by pirates and that's why I still have to murder your captain before I'll be one of you." She glared at him, the killing intent clearly seen in her eyes. Natsu gulped.
Shit, she is right, there was this thing too…
"Dunno what he did, but I'm helping you killing him!" Gray said.
Natsu decided to ignore him just once. But later he'd get him for that.
"But you're right, I need someone helping me…" Lucy continued, totally ignoring Gray. Serves you right!
"So I think I'll gladly accept your offering." YES!
"WHAT? No way this lil' bitch's goin' to be a part of the crew I'm in! Natsu's already bad enough, and then there's ice-block and that red-haired demon and midget but her! She got the guts to yell at me! Are ya kidding me?" Gajeel protested and got himself a furious certain red-haired de -girl on his neck, holding a sword on his neck.
"What was that?"
"Nothin'!" the dragon slayer said while sweating bullets. Natsu had to grin. Normally he would stand on the other end of that sword.
"But…" Lucy continued, scratching her head. "How are you going to explain that to my father? And what will it be like to be a pirate to begin with?" Natsu inwardly rolled his eyes. Great, what was that? Accepting the offer and then ask? He really had to put some work in her, huh?
"It'll be great, really! And we'll just bring you to our hide-out and once Heartfilia is gone we'll go back!" Levy said smiling from one ear to the other one.
"Great, not even on the ship yet and already causing trouble." Gajeel groaned. Obviously he held a grudge against the girl that dared to yell at him.
"Put a sock in it, Gajeel. We were about to go there either way. " Levy replied. Natsu admired her deeply for having the guts to put Gajeel back in place every now and then. And they were still friends slash secretly (even though everyone knew) lovers, much to Jet and Droy's dislike.
The thought of Jet reminded him of the necklace Lucy still had on and Jet was supposed to take away. While Levy and Gajeel started bickering and Lucy watched them fascinated he walked over and ripped her necklace off.
"Hey!" Lucy yelled and Natsu threw her a side glance to quiet her. He shoved the necklace in Jet's hand and signaled him to run off with it. Jet did so immediately.
At least there's still ONE person in my crew that respects me.
"That was a present of my mother, you know that?" That girl somehow started to annoy him. And he still liked her in that way.
Wait, what? I didn't think that just now, right?
Yes, you did.
Shut up, subconscious!
"I don't care. You don't wanna get tracked down, do you?"
"Yeah, you're right, but still…"
"No buts." Ha, he won! Jet made his way back already too. Gajeel and Levy finally stopped bickering too (after Erza pushed them away from one another).
"So then, let's get to my old cave and hide until Makarov is finished with this bastard!" An agreeing roar was heard from his crew and they started to head towards the direction of his old home.
Natsu offered the puzzled and still sitting Lucy a hand. She accepted it and he pulled her up only to get bombarded with questions.
"Your old cave? What does that mean? Aren't pirates supposed to don't have any estates, so they can sail freely? And what was that with Makarov? Is he fighting with father? And-"
"Shut up." He interrupted her.
"First of all, I don't have any estates, I just lived in a cave here-"
"What? You lived in a cave? When and why?"
"I told you to shut up!" he growled at her while they were walking behind the rest of the crew. "You know that I'm a Dragon Slayer, right? To become that you have to get raised by a dragon an-"
"You WHAT?! You got rais-" Natsu grabbed her cheeks and pressed them together, causing her to finally shut up.
"I thought you know that already after you read that book." He deadpanned , raising an eyebrow. He let go of her cheeks and she rubbed them, scowling at him.
"Anyways, I got raised in that cave and when I was around six or seven, he left me and I was found by Makarov." Lucy stopped rubbing her cheek and scowling, now somehow eager to hear his story.
"Well and we're going to this cave now. It's not mine." He nodded toward her, 'allowing' her to speak again.
"What about father and Makarov?"
"I wouldn't be surprised if they got into a brawl until now. Well, we don't have to fear anything, Heartfilia won't risk having a whole island up on his tail."
"Makarov is this famous?"
"He's helping everyone. And the most popular pub on Tortuga is his. So of course he is." He saw how Lucy stared at her feet and grumbled under her breath (still hearable for his ears): "Father always said pirates wouldn't hold together." He grabbed her by the arm and turned her around so she would face him.
"Then your father lied to you. Pirates are the most loyal people on the world and just because they have a filthy image it doesn't mean that they are worse than other people like aristocrats. I wouldn't be surprised if your little father would make filthier deals than us behind your back. Hell, he wanted to marry you to someone without your agreement! The only difference between us is, that we, the pirates stand to what we are and aren't nasty to each other but a big family." He looked straight into her eyes, at the beginning so that the meaning of his words would get to her but in the end he just couldn't get away from this big brown eyes.
"You're right." She said, breaking the eye contact and looked at the ground again. "Father is a liar."
"And about that, you'll have to stop calling him father. Otherwise no one will see you as a worthy pirate. And it seems that the he isn't the only one lying in his family, ne?" he said and cocked a smile while he started walking after his nakamasagain. Lucy started to walk again too.
"What's that supposed to mean?" she screeched and Natsu was relieved that he could get the heavy atmosphere away and that she was her old self again, not like that downcast girl he saw just a moment before.
"Well, you said you were Lucy Hearsmia." She started to laugh heavily.
"Oh my god, you're right! And you actually believed it! And you thought that I'm a killer the first time we met."
"Not this loud!" he hissed, afraid his crew might hear they met before.
"Oh and then I ordered you around and you made me cry when you said I wasn't a princess!" she giggled, ignoring Natsu. Said one froze in realization.
"That's why you cried all of sudden!"
"That was fun."
"It wasn't for me. I had to sleep on the floor. And my ear is still sore." He growled at her while she burst out in laughter again.
"And we scribbled on your face and then that Erza walked in and yelled at you and I tried to sleep in the tub!" She giggled further and Natsu tried desperately to hush her while he himself had a big grin on his face.
"And on the next day you set me out on an island full with pirates." She said coldly, stopping giggle and turning serious suddenly. Natsu's grin started to fade.
Oh shit, I keep forgetting that.
"Hehe, yeah, I didn't mean it to happen this way, but in the end it leaded to something good, ne? You're a part of my crew now!" he said while sweating bullets, much like Gajeel did when Erza threatened him with her sword. Speak of the devil, she just turned around, from the group in front of them.
"And that really is something good. You coming or what?" she said.
Natsu and Lucy froze.
"You…you heard us?" Natsu said slowly. He was as tense as a board. That couldn't be right, right? His crew can't know Lucy was on board before! That would mean he failed as a captain to them!
"Ow, c'mon, you're as loud as two howler monkeys. And we knew everything before your little conservation too. You aren't very good at keeping something as a secret, flamehead." Gray chimed in too. Natsu was too astonished to start bicker with him.
"Wh…What?"Lucy asked, obviously shocked.
"We didn't know you were Lucy Heartfilia there yet, but we knew that Natsu kept something in his room since he didn't come out every second to annoy us. And then there were your voice too. And Erza caught a glimpse of you when she came in to 'yell at Natsu' like you said. "Lisanna turned around as well and explained everything to Lucy.
"By the way if you still want to kill him, I'll help you!" Gray said now. Natsu lunged at him, now pissed and they started to brawl until Erza pulled them apart.
She was about to yell at them but a shout from Levy, who was at the front of the group cut her off:
"We're there!"
Okay, awful ending but I wanted the crew to know already so I somehow ended up with this. This chapter is kinda short but that's because it's only dialogue. I myself like the part when Lucy argues with Gajeel. I had fun writing it! And of course when Natsu tells her how pirates really are…I think this story needs more fluff. Anyway, I will not upload the next two weeks because we'll be at a camping trip. And I think this story is going to end. In the beginning I wanted to write all the adventures and so on but somehow we got already to the 16th chapter. I think I'll write one ortwo more chapters and then an epilogue.
Pink-Wand-Witch signing out!~