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This chapter, we'll be able to find out what Lucy's father had made! I wonder...
Chapter 3:
Lucy's face flared up as she pointed an accusing finger at the man infront of her.
"You-"
"Oh hey, you're that Heartfilia chick, right? It's nice to formally meet you!" He greeted with a smile on his face. Lucy gawked at him, was he serious right now!?
"You shot a dart at my arm!" She yelled, pointing at her arm where there was a small band aid for emphisis. Natsu glanced to where she pointed before looking back at her.
"Hey, it's not like I wanted to or anything- well, maybe a little, but-"
"You admitted," She huffed before shoving the note into his hand and crossing her arm. "What's up with this place anyways, it's basically all white and metal down this hallway. Gives me the creeps." Lucy muttered while looking down the empty halls.
"Ah, I don't know, I think it's for protection?" Natsu spoke with uncertainty while he opened the envelope, grabbing the note out from inside. Lucy watched him read it before remembering something.
"Uh, Mira said it was from the head..." Natsu glanced at her briefly before his eyed were on the paper again. She wondered who this head was, everyone always seemed to be talking about him.
After a while, Lucy started feeling awkward. She didn't know if she was supposed to stay standing in front of a half naked man, or if she was allowed to head back yet.
To make it less awkward for her, she occupied herself by looking down at the small map with marks all over it that Mira had given to her. Even with the help of her, it was still confusing to understand your way around the place. Everything looked exactly the same. White halls, some metal vents on the ceiling, and a long red carpet on the floor.
The only place that she had seen that showed liveliness was the cafe. It was warm and cozy and had relaxing colors of green and brown in there. It felt just like a little coffe shop. Lucy peeked pass Natsu in to his room; it seemed pretty lively in there, he seemed to like warm colors.
"Do you live here?" She found herself asking.
"No, this place is like a dormitory, every agent has their own room. I stay here when I don't feel like going home," Lucy nodded, watching him finish reading the paper, which felt like a lifetime to Lucy. He smiled at her again, catching her offguard. "Well, I have to go see the head. See ya later Lucy." He said casually as he walked passed her, his shoulder brushing against hers.
He left his door wide open, and he left without a shirt too.
"So who'd you give the letter to?" Levy asked while she sipped on some coffee. Lucy poured some sugar into her tea, stirring it.
"It was Natsu. The one that shot me with a dart last night," Levy let out a laugh and Lucy eyed her. "What's so funny?" She asked in annoyance. Levy sighed, wiping a stray tear.
"I just thought it was funny that it was him of all people you had to give a message to. Wasn't he the one you were swooning over, like, yesterday? What did he do?" Levy made fun of her, making her cheeks turn pink.
"He opened the door without a shirt on and greeted me like what happened yesterday never happened. Once he read the letter, he just left; door wide open and no shirt." Levy hummed in interest, drinking her coffe.
"There are a lot of strange people here, aren't there?" Lucy couldn't agree more.
Mira, who had came back a while ago with Lisanna, emerged from the kitchen. "Lucy, Levy. I just got a call from the head, he would like to speak with you two. I'll show you the way this time, that map's pretty confusing." The two girls shared each other another questioning glance for the second time that day before getting up and following the cheerful girl.
"I wonder who the head is, do you think they're scary?" Levy whispered to Lucy, who shrugged.
They continued to walk down familiar hallways of white with red carpets. They arrived at a big door and Lucy wondered if this was the door to his office. It wasn't.
When Mira opened the door, a bridge was in front of them. Once they started walking on it, the two couldn't help but look down. Below them seemed to be some tye of massive tech room; many people sat there, infront of a computer of some sort and speaking through a device. In front was a massive screen split into many tiny screens, showing different things Lucy assumed to be secret cameras from agents.
"Levy, if you take the job, you'll be working in a similar area, but because of the partner you may be assigned to if you accept, because of their rank, you'll have your own private room." Mira noted to Levy. All Levy could do was watch in wonder.
"Who would I be assigned to?"
"It's classified unless you take the job."
At the end of the bridge, there were grand doors this time, Mira turned to them and stepped to the side. "Well, this is it. Don't be nervous, the head is actually a really good person. He won't bite." Mira smiled as she opened the door to the room, allowing the girls to walk in.
Natsu stood by the desk, watching them. Somewhere along the line, he was able to retrieve a shirt. behind the desk was a massive chair with a tiny old man sitting in it.
He was the head?
"Hello young ladies, if you didn't know by now, I'm the head chairman of Fairy Tail; Makarov Dreyar. I'm very sorry for your loss, Ms. Lucy, Jude was an old friend of mine long ago, so I can understand how you feel." Lucy smiled slightly, finding comfort in the fact there was someone here that she had some type of relation to other than Levy.
"What I have brought you two here for was to inform you that if you didn't know Natsu Dragneel already from your recent encounter Lucy, starting today, I have given him a special mission to become your bodyguard." Lucy's mouth dropped.
"Him? The one that shot me with a dart!?" Lucy was very confused.
"Hey!" Natsu retorted.
"I'm sorry, but we've done research and we wanted to find someone that was most compatible to you and Natsu was the best fit for the job." At his words, Lucy blushed but turned her head before anyone could notice. Didn't he know how weird that sounded? Makarov then looked over to Levy.
"And Ms. Levy, please do think about the job position we are offering. Not every day do people get an opportunity like this. The job is well paying too, and you're the best fit for the agent to become your partner if you accept." Levy smiled politely at Makarov.
"Well, I still need time to consider. We are going to be staying here for a while from what I've heard so I'll try to use that time to think about it." Makarov listened intently, nodding at her words.
"Well, I'll be awaiting for your answer, if you don't have any questions, you may leave now," Lucy stepped forward bashfully. "Actually, I would like to speak to you in private if I could." Makarov nodded and Levy patted Lucy's shoulder.
"Go ahead Lu-chan, I'll wait for you outside." Lucy smiled at Levy.
"Could you? That'd be great," Lucy smiled. Levy chuckled lightly, "Yeah, and also because I don't want to get lost by myself." Lucy laughed at Levy as she started leaving the room.
"You're hopeless." Lucy laughed as Levy closed the door, then turned back to Makarov where Natsu still stood. Lucy's eyes slanted.
"Why are you still here?" Lucy asked in annoyance. Natsu smirked at her, crossing his ams.
"'Cause I'm your bodyguard, duh." Lucy looked over the the chairman in exasperation, Makarov shrugged with a smile.
"Well, that is true. So, what is it that you would like to speak to me about?" Lucy huffed, giving Natsu one last look which he smiled to before she turned back to Makarov.
"What was the technology my father put under my name. I atleast deserve to know," Makarov watched her, making her feel a bit uncomfortable before speaking. "Have you heard of 'Body Software'?" He asked, Lucy frowned before shaking her head.
"What's that?"
"Body Software is a device your father made originally for the Fiore military. It's a device that can come in all shapes and sizes, and can also be created into man-made intelligence. The Body Software can be transplated into any living thing and can control it, and can move your mind into another body. It was made to b used for criminals, but when word got out about it, everyone wanted it for their own... Your father was a brilliant man, Lucy, he was smart enough to put it under a name that wasn't his, but also someone he knew he could always trust no matter what; you."
Lucy stared wide-eyed the whole time he spoke. She couldn't believe it. How could her father be able to hide something like that from her for that long.
"Why... Why did he never tell me?"
"To keep you safe obviously. I would've done that." Natsu blurted, placing his hands behind his head. Lucy merely glanced at him before turning to Makarov, who in turn, nodded his head in agreement.
"What Natsu said is true. Jude knew if you found out, your life would be in even more danger than it already is," Lucy nodded and looked at Natsu. "Why do I need a bodyguard anyways? Isn't this place enough protection for me?" Lucy questioned while she eyed Natsu in distaste. She didn't like him.
He shot her with a dart.
"...Protection for the both of us." Lucy turned her head back to Makarov in confusion.
"Both of us?" Makarov sighed, nodding.
"Yes. If you stay here for too long, you can be tracked down, which would resort to them discovering our secret headquarters and finding you. You must be moving at all times, it'll make it harder for them to find you. Once things have calmed down a bit, you and Natsu will be leaving."
"But what about Levy?"
"She will be safe staying here, unless she decides not to work for us... Your radar is much hotter than yours, we can easily erase detection signals for her... But you, many people are searching for you than they are Levy. It's safer for her and I know you would want that for Levy too." Lucy couldn't help but agree, Makarov was right. It would be safer for Levy to stay, she couldn't imagine what would happen to Levy because of her.
"Thank you for your time, Head..." Lucy spoke sadly, staring at a small stain on the floor intently.
"You can just call me Makarov," Said man smiled while Natsu agreed. "Yeah, I even call him old man." Natsu snickered while Makarov shot him a look.
"I'm not that old, you brat!"
Lucy ignored the two bickering back and forth at each other and turned around, heading to the door. "If you'd excuse me." Lucy mumbled. The two stopped, watching her figure disappear behind the door.
"Natsu."
"Yeah?"
"You need to protect her at all cost. This is a very important mission I am giving to you, please take care of her." Natsu became silent at the tone of Makarov's voice before smiling his big toothy grin.
"You can count on me old man!"
"Hey!"
"Hey Levy-chan," Levy turned her head to her blonde friend as she bathed. "What is it?" Lucy was quiet as she ran her sponge up and down her arm.
"Promise me you'll take the job, okay?" Levy stopped what she was doing and fully turned to Lucy, staring at her back.
"What's wrong?" Levy asked, watching Lucy shrug. Levy knew she was just trying to blow it off as nothing important; trying to act nonchalant. Levy could see right through her.
"Well, I need you to stay here. It's safer that way," Levy laughed lightly, turning back to washing her hair calmly. "You say that as if you were some type of male hero leaving the heroine," Levy joked with a smile, not being able to see Lucy tense up behind her. "...I am leaving."
The bathroom was deathly quiet until Levy spun around fast enough to give someone whiplash.
"WHAT!? When!?"
"... Two days from now. When Natsu walked us to our room, and you went in before me, he relayed a message to me from Makarov. Natsu and I have to leave so we can't get discovered," Lucy spoke, turning to Levy with desperation in her eyes. "Levy, please, you have to stay here! I don't know what I'd do with myself if I lost someone else important to me..." Lucy's voice faded the more she spoke, tears finally swelling up in her eyes.
Levy's once wide eyes softened as she crawled over to Lucy, giving her a naked hug. "I understand Lucy... I'll stay. Just... Promise you'll come visit me please? And make sure to call me if it's not too dangerous?" Lucy could only nod, hugging her friend back as a few tears slipped down her wet cheek.
"...Let's wait to be fully clothed before we get emotional though, okay?" Levy said softly, as if she were still trying to comfort her, making Lucy laugh mid sob.
"Yeah, this is a little awkward." Lucy admitted. Levy laughed at her remark.
"Just a little."
A/N: Yeahhh, knew chapter swinging through. And thanks agian to the amazing people who gave tips and advice. Did you guys notice anything different in this chapter? Lol.
So, Natsu and Lucy are gonna be leaving? Ooh lala, I wonder where they'll go. And I wonder who Levy's partner gonnna be. Don't you? ^_^. Don't worry you'll find out soon, I won't make you wait long. Thanks again, and don't forget to leave a review? It would be helpful!