❇Familiarity❇
Natsu was glaring at the man sitting at a desk in front of him, his arms held behind his back by a guard, Happy beside him at his feet, paws tied behind his back. The man at the desk was glaring back, a servant behind him keeping the blonde girl- Natsu's client- held still while she watches on worriedly.
"You dare think you can just kidnap my daughter?" The girl scowled at the words, "She has a potential husband coming next week and you will not be kidnapping her. This guard will bring you to the nearest jail until a proper punishment can be-" he stopped at the sound of a thump from behind him.
Natsu grinned, watching as his client shove the servant back into a window, successfully making him stagger enough for her to wrench herself free from his grip. The girl ran in front of Natsu and faced her father.
"I hired him myself, father!" She hissed, "I refuse to stay here any longer!"
Digging through the collar and sleeves of her dress, she pulled out a golden key, putting into a glass of water on her father's desk. As he realized what she was doing, it was too late.
"Open! Gate of the water bearer, Aquarius!"
With a large spout of water, a tall, rather irritated looking mermaid with long, blue locks appeared. She looked at the girl below her, glaring darkly. "Do you really think you can get off summoning me from a glass of water, hah?!" She spat, taking hold of her vase and with a large swing and ignoring the frantic cries of "No!" from the girl who summoned her, the whole room had been flooded. The door flew open from the force of the water, the guard, Natsu, Happy, and Lucy being brought with it.
Taking advantage of the situation, Natsu quickly untied Happy, grabbing the cat and girl, and pulling them to the end of the hall. With a shout of protest, he lifted the blonde girl over his shoulder and jumped through the window, the blue cat soon flying after them, grabbing Natsu by the vest before the two landed. With great trouble, Happy manage to get them close to the ground before his wings disappeared.
Natsu grabbed Happy and ran as far away from the mansion before stopping and setting the girl down, he looked at her and grinned, "Good job!" The girl smiled as Natsu continued, "I'm Natsu, and that's Happy" he nodded at the cat in his arm, "We're from Fairy Tail!" The girl smiled brighter than before, causing Natsu's grin to falter as his eyes widened slightly, recognizing the smile.
"I'm Lucy! It's nice to meet you Natsu!" she smiled, holding out her hand to shake his, pulling it away after a moment of Natsu just standing still and staring at her, "Um, is something wrong…?" she asked slowly, glancing at Happy who just shrugged in response. As if snapping out of a trance, Natsu quickly shook his head, a grin plastered on his face once again.
"Nah" he said, "Where did you want us to take you?" He asked, letting Happy hop out of his arm. Happy looked up at Lucy and tilted his head before turning to Natsu.
"Natsu~ Lucy's making a weird face" he spoke, looking back to her. Lucy had her eyes looking off to the right, a wide grin on her face as she thought over the question.
"Well~" she hummed, looking him straight in the eyes again, "I'd love to join Fairy Tail! I've read about them in the Sorcerer's Weekly magazines my maid used to get me! It seems like such a fun guild, and I know I must be right after seeing how you just burst into my father's home like that!" She laughed a little, not noticing as a small, warm smile spread across Natsu's face.
Natsu couldn't help but smile, the blonde in front of him just had something about her that was so familiar that he couldn't stop himself before it appeared. Happy gave him a weird look, slowly floating up by his side, but Natsu just shrugged him off, "To Fairy Tail then?" He grinned. Lucy nodded excitedly.
Lucy stopped for a second, panting a little as she wasn't used to travel and was still in the hot pink dress that definitely was not made for travel by foot; But they hadn't had come across a village yet where she could get some better clothes. Lucy started to walk again, only to run into Natsu's back.
"We're taking a detour." Natsu spoke suddenly, his eyes narrowed as he stood in the middle of the road, Happy gave his partner a curious glance.
"What is it, Natsu?"
"We're going to Mount Hakobe." Natsu said, turning and walking in the direction of the mountain, "Lucy, you can go ahead and go to the guild if you want."
Lucy frowned at him, "No, I'll come with you...I don't even know how to get to the guild!" she replied, following after him, "But why are we going to Mount Hakobe?"
"Aye. Did you lose something there?"
Natsu stayed quiet for a second.
"We just passed a couple guys who were talking about how a kid whose father hasn't come back from there yet." He said, balling his fists tightly. Lucy gave Happy a glance, not understanding why Natsu seemed so upset. Happy flew closer to her.
"Natsu's father disappeared when he was little." The cat responded quietly, glancing at Natsu. Lucy nodded for a second, looking at Natsu, feeling a little sorry for him.
And off to Mount Hakobe they went.
