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Ch14: Back in Hargeon
Lucy POV:
I wake up feeling better than ever! I'm not sore anymore and my magic has returned to me. I went to wash up and check up on the spirit king. The spirit king wasn't in the living room anymore. I checked everywhere, but he was nowhere in sight. He probably went back to the spirit world. I turned around to go back to my room when the spirit king popped out.
"Hello Lucy!"
"Ah… good morning… I thought you left already…"
"I did… I came back to give you these limiters."
"Limiters? What?"
"They absorb your magic to hide it. It was banned a couple of years ago because it can kill you if you put it on for too long…"
"Then why are you giving it to me?"
"Well these limiters don't absorb your magic, it just hides it."
"Uh… okay… but why are you giving it to me?"
"I woke up this morning because I felt a strong and powerful aura. I went to check where it came from and it was from you."
"And… it will scare people away…"
"No… Some people go looking for strong opponents because they can't find the perfect opponent, which means they are strong too… and because your magic is so strong, you can kill someone without even fighting. It can be good, but bad too because you can kill innocent people."
"I see… Thank you then… I was about to head over to Hargeon too… it's a good thing you're giving me these."
"You're welcome and don't ever take these off when you're somewhere other than Genji Island. The barrier has been protecting Genji Island, so it has been keeping your aura within the barrier only."
"I understand… thank you again."
The spirit king handed me a pair of black fingerless leather gloves and left. I looked at it and put it on… "These aren't so bad… I just need an outfit to go with this… should I take the wristband off? No… it matches…" I don't quite remember when I got it or who gave it to me. I just had it. I found it in my precious box when I ran away from home.
Flasback
I was packing my important things up and checked my precious box to see if there was anything I needed from there. I opened it and saw only wristbands, but the black wristband caught my attention the most. I slid the black wristband on and put the box into my bag.
Flashback End
I went to check up on Nashi and she was up. She wasn't crying, but she was trying to get out of the cloth by kicking it. She was probably hot. I took her and went to the bath. I took off her cloth and held her in the empty tub. I turned on the water but let the water sink through the hole. I washed my hands and grabbed a strawberry flavored soap bar. I rubbed a cloth on it and started wiping Nashi. Then, I got a hand full of water and rinsed Nashi. Afterwards, I got a strawberry flavored shampoo and washed her hair. Then, I rinsed her hair carefully, trying not to get any in her eyes. When I was done cleaning her, I called Virgo to get me a baby outfit from the spirit realm. She came back and brought me a little Plue outfit. I took it and put it on Nashi. I slid the hood over her head and she looked so cute that I rubbed my cheeks against hers. Virgo snapped a picture and left. I went to wake Ignee up. He rubbed his eyes and yawned.
"C'mon little guy, we're going back to the dragon realm." He nodded and held the side of my shirt. It was like that all the way back to the dragon realm. Ignee must be really tired… or drunk from soda… haha… When we got in the dragon realm, Igneel was waiting at the portal. He came running and said, "Oh how cute! My granddaughter is so cute! Can I hold her? Please?"
"Uhhhh… wait until we get back to the castle…" He pouted but agreed. He changed into his dragon form and we sat on him. When we got to the castle, everyone was waiting there.
"Hey guys… what are you all doing here?"
Yuuki answered, "They came to see Nashi."
"Ahaha… we're only staying here a while, but we're gonna come back as soon as the shopping is done."
Igneel shouted, "Then let me hold her first!"
"Hai hai… you know how to hold a baby right?"
"Of course I do!" I gave him Nashi and he held her in a sitting position. I was about to lecture him that she was a newborn and she wasn't supposed to be held like that yet, but Nashi started to laugh, so I let it off. Igneel stated.
"She looks just like you and Natsu mixed together. Her hair is pink, her skin is just like yours, her eyes are the same as yours, and many more!"
"Haha… Natsu says his hair isn't pink, but salmon."
"That idiot! It's obviously pink…"
"You sure you should be saying that about your son?"
"It's fine, it's fine. Anyways, you don't need to be backing him up."
"Wh… what are you talking about? I'm not backing him up…"
"Yes you were."
"Gah! Be quiet! Give me Nashi back." I took Nashi from him and told Grandeeney to take Ignee to my room to sleep. Then I asked Yuuki to go to the human world with me. She happily agreed took me back to Genji Island. Then we stepped out of the barrier to find a little boat there. There was a note inside.
"I am giving you this boat so you can come back and forth all you want. I won't be coming anymore because I'm getting old and I can't keep walking forever."
When I read that, I knew it was from Grandpa Aki. We went inside the boat and Yuuki started to row the boat. I sat back and fed Nashi.
Natsu POV:
I didn't want to go on a job, but Erza forced me to anyway. Not only that, but she encouraged me. She said, "While we're on the job, you can look for Lucy. Don't stay here and just wait. Don't give up." She told me that and gave me a purpose to start going on missions again, other than getting money for Lucy's rent.
The mission was to catch a bunch of bad guys that are robbing stores in Hargeon. It was for 70,000J, which is worth a lot just to catch bad guys. I couldn't wait to go back to Hargeon though. It was the place where I met Lucy.
We had to get there by train though, which sucked. When we were on the train, I got sick, but I wasn't feeling as sick as I normally was when I get on a vehicle.
Lisanna said, "Natsu was so excited about this job, and he doesn't look that sick."
Gray answered, "That's probably because Flamebrain met Lucy in Hargeon and he's excited to go back there… Or he's excited to go look for Lucy at the place they first met… Or both."
Happy said, "Aye!"
I was about to answer "both" but then I felt like I was going to throw up, so I didn't answer. When we got there, I ditched everyone and went to look for Lucy at the places we went to when we met, but I couldn't find her, so I went to look at shops. I stopped in front of a baby store for some reason. I saw a white haired girl take a crying baby out of the store. She kept rocking the baby back and forth. I went closer and noticed that the baby was wearing a Plue outfit. I asked the lady…
"Is that your baby?"
"Uh no… I'm watching her for her mom right now."
"Where's her mom?"
"Inside the store…" The baby began to kick and cry.
The baby looked mad. "If you don't mind, can I hold her?" The woman nodded and handed me the baby. I started to rock her back and forth and she stopped crying. Then she opened her eyes and I got shocked. 'Her eyes… they're just like Lucy's..." Then the hood fell off and I saw that the hair color was just like mine. Her scent… it was strawberry too… I started to observe the kid but the white haired lady took her back. 'How is it that this baby has my hair color, Lucy's eyes, and Lucy's scent?' I shook my head to snap out of it and apologized. Then I left. I sniffed the air and I indeed did smell Lucy. I turned back to see that the lady had disappeared. I went inside the store to look for her, but she wasn't there. I sighed and exited the store.
Lucy POV:
After shopping for Nashi's stuff, I told Yuuki to take Nashi and explore the area. It was weird because I thought I smelt Natsu's scent, but I was probably thinking too much because I missed him. I then went to shop for my own things. I found a red top and black shorts. I also found some combat boots. I bought all the different kinds of cool tops and shorts they had. I also bought the combat boots. After I paid for it, a couple of men wearing black came in. They took a knife out and grabbed the closest hostage near them. I was one of them.
The man yelled, "If you don't want anyone to get hurt, give us all the money you have now!" The cashier began to get money out, but I head butted the man holding me. Then, I kicked him to the other robbery man. They got knocked out, so now, there were only 3 left. One of the man yelled, "Get her!" while the other two came running towards each of my side. I stepped up and they both knocked each other out. The last man said, "You think you're so smart and strong don't you? Well I'm their boss, which makes me stronger." He leapt towards me with purple fire. I dodged him and kicked him as well.
"You've grown weak, Bora."
"What?! Nobody calls me that anymore! How do you even know me?!"
"Don't tell me you forgot… I'm Lucy Heartfilia… the one with the real Salamander that night that you tried to kidnap all the girls… Does that ring a bell?"
"You! You're that woman!"
"Ding ding ding!Correct!"
"How'd you get so strong?"
"That is information that doesn't concern you. Now, you should rest." I gave him one last small kick and he fainted.
"Now that that's taken care of… Hai! Minna san! Please don't tell anyone I've been here today…" They nodded and I took my bags and left. I met up with Yuuki and we went back to Genji Island.
Natsu POV:
I sighed, "I couldn't find Lucy at all… I don't even know where Erza and them are at…" Then a lady walked by talking to herself, "That was crazy! The robbery ended up in a fail." I grabbed her shoulder and asked, "Where did the robbery happen at?"
"Uh… uh the store over there." She pointed towards a store and I ran to it. Then I saw Erza them running this way too.
"Natsu! Did you stop the robbery and catch them?"
"No? I just got here."
"Then hurry up and get inside!"
"Aye sir!" I went inside and saw 5 men lying on the ground. I also smelt strawberries and vanilla. I asked the woman at the cashier, "What happened here? Are these the robbers?" The woman just nodded. I looked at them again and noticed that one of the guy was Bora. Erza, Lisanna, and Ice freak tied them up while I was asking the woman what happened.
"Are you going to tell me what happened or what?"
"Ah… um… these robbers came in and one of our customers beat them up…"
"Can you give me more details?"
"Well… our customer beat them without even lifting a finger. The customer just kicked them."
"Was this "customer" a girl?"
"How'd you know?"
"Did she have blonde hair?"
"Uh… yeah…"
"What was her name?"
"I don't know…" I can tell she was lying, but that was enough information to tell me that the customer was in fact Lucy.
I ran outside and began to search for her again, but she was nowhere. I tried to trace her scent, but it just disappeared after I found out that the customer was Lucy. "Gah! Where are you Lucy!?"
Neko: Hehe… I liked this chapter… how about you? Did you guys ever notice how Lucy and Natsu has the same wristband? Hint* Hint* Anyways! Review Please!