Chapter 3

Lucy stepped back in surprise. "How am I supposed to prove it…?" she asked slowly. Natsu snickered in a way that gave her chills.

"It's simple really, all you have to do is…" he paused. An evil grin was looming on his face, "Buy me and Happy dinner after this!"

"Wha-?" she straightened, obviously not what she was expecting. Natsu smirked. "What? Disappointed?" he said cockily.

"No! Why would I be disappointed!" she flopped down on the ground next to him.

"You don't need to hide." said Natsu crossing his arms with a triumphant expression. Lucy leaned in and grabbed Natsu by his shirt collar.

"I'm not hiding anything, you little jerk!" she yelled, "You just gave me the wrong impression that's all! Besides you shouldn't have tricked me like that anyway!" her grip loosened as Natsu gently grabbed her wrists. She was slightly taken aback by the gentle yet sternness of his face.

"Natsu?" she let go of him, sitting all the way down, "What's wrong?"

"It's, uh, it's nothing." He said getting up and walking to where they left Happy sleeping. 'Damn. I almost had it! I could have said it right there! I had the perfect opportunity and I blew it. What is it about her that makes me freeze up every time I try to confess?'

Natsu sat holding happy for a while until Lucy ventured over and sat next to him.

"Natsu-" There was a loud bang coming from outside. Natsu and Lucy jumped up soon followed by the newly awoken Happy to the window. They crouched down and peered out the window, shocked by what they saw.

The old man was breaking into his own store! He was walking in a strange manner, almost as if he was asleep. Wait a minute, he was asleep! The old man was sleep walking and steeling things from his store.

"Is that old man insane?! What is he doing?" Natsu cried in confusion.

"Wait a minute Natsu, I-I think he's sleep walking."

"What? That can't be right!" Happy said.

"Well who cares! Let's go stop him!" Natsu said before leaping out the window. Happy and Lucy arrived seconds after. The old man turned to them and lifted his fist, a eerie purple aura around it.

"He-he, lets do this. I'm all fired up!" his fist instantly erupted in flames as he lunged at the old man who shoved him aside with astonishing strength. Natsu went hurtling into a nearby building.

"Natsu!" Lucy and Happy both called. Lucy gritted her teeth and took out her keys. "We just need to wake him up, right?" she shifted through her keys deciding which would be the best to use in a situation like this. She finally settled on Virgo. Mean while Natsu was standing up after the painful impact of the building.

"Tch," he smirked and wiped some blood of his cheek, "You've got more power than I gave you credit for old man. But you're still not good enough!" he lunged at him again, ducking and dodging, but having few chances to actually strike him.

Once Lucy successfully opened the gate to Virgo she gave her the instructions, "Okay so what I want you to do is dig a tunnel under the old man, one deep enough that he wont he able to get out with out help. After that Natsu, Happy, and I are going to try and wake him up. If that doesn't work he'll probably wake up when the sun comes up anyway."

Virgo bowed saying, "Yes, Princess." She then descended into the ground.

"Until then we have to leave the rest to Natsu." Lucy whispered, holding her left hand over her heart clenched in a small fist.

Natsu finally landed a hit across the old mans face. It didn't do much damage though. At most it might have given him a small bruise. On the other hand Natsu was pretty beaten up pretty bad. Not as bad as it has been, he could still fight, but it definitely slowed him down. This old guy had some moves! He was almost impossible to hit with his fists so he had to rely on his fire. He was also a lot faster than he looked. It helped that Natsu was also quite quick on his feet; he was able to dodge or counter attack most things he threw at him.

Virgo must have done her job well because right before the man could attack again he fell in a wide, deep hole. Lucy and happy ran (well Happy flew) over to were Natsu crouched holding his injured arm.

"Natsu!" Lucy cried as she ran to him, "Are you okay?" he smiled at her and gave her a thumbs up.

"I'm fine. That old man sure had a good fight in him." He said looking into the hole. The old man was laying there unconscious. "So what do we do now?" he asked.

"I guess we wait for him to wake up."

"What should we do until then?"

Okay! Chapter 3 done!

So what happens next? I have no idea!

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