Apparently the fake Salamander's hair is green or something in the anime and I thought it was blond... sorry for any confusion this might have caused!

I tried to sit prettily on the boat but I was extremely uncomfortable. I kept crossing and uncrossing my legs and fidgeting with my drink. Even though I was dressed up I still felt out of place among all the snazzy women. I avoided their stares and tries not to listen to their whispers but it was too hard and I stood to confront them.

I waltzed my way over as elegantly as was possible for me and introduced myself. "Hello, I'm Kumiko."

The surprised look on their faces was almost worth it.

"I assumed you wanted to talk to me, since you kept on looking over. So, what is it?" I almost smirked, but held it inside my head.

"Uh, um...," they stuttered, "We just thought you were a little young..."

The response was much more humble than what I had expected.

"Haha, a little young for what?" I laughed, almost spilling my drink.

"The alcohol..." they mumbled pointing at my drink.

"Alcohol? This isn't..." I sniffed the drink, realization coming over me. "That bastard..."

The women shared confused glances and I excused myself. As soon as I was a fair distance away from them I tossed the glass on the ground.

"A slow acting sleeping poison, heh, and he told me he'd be back in around an hour to take me to a private room and chat! The sick pervert..." I grumbled, "Luckily I watched where he went off to and maybe I'll be able to catch him before he does any harm..."

I turned in a hurry and nearly toppled over when the boat trembled. A loud crash rung in the air.

"What the hell...?" I cursed, regaining my balance.

Dirt drifted through the air above the main room; the room that Salamander had gone into. I rushed over and kicked down the door. I was just in time to see a girl fly out of a hole in the roof.

"I won't let you get away!" Salamander called after her.

True to his claim, Salamander conjured up some flame and sent it at the girl. I couldn't tell if she made it out of the way or not but I had no time to waste. Salamander screamed some orders to a group of men in the room and it was just as he finished speaking that my foot went flying into his face. The force of the collision sent him flying into the wall. I could hear bones crack on the impact.

"Fairy... Tail... you...!" a boy in the corner was struggling to stand, he glared at Salamander with fiery eyes.

Salamander groaned and stood. "You'll pay for that...!"

Before Salamander could make a move the boat was hit by a wave, sending everyone flying. I twisted so that my feet hit the wall, and grabbed onto the first available ridge.

"What's... going on?" Salamander huffed.

"It stopped," it was the boy from before, the one that mentioned something about FairyTail, "The rocking... stopped."

He stood up, and I finally had a clear view of the boy; fiery black eyes and flame red hair.

The door slammed against the wall and in burst the girl that I'd seen flying out the roof.

"Natsu! Are you oka-!" she started, then froze.

"Brat, you shouldn't get on other people's boats without their permission!" Salamander scoffed.

'Natsu' -as I assumed was his name- took battle stance. Salamander sent his men rushing at Natsu, but Natsu himself barely made a move.

"Are you a mage of FairyTail?" Natsu asked, bravely.

"What about it?" Salamander smirked.

"Let me get a good look at your face," Natsu made an ugly face and smacked the men in front of him away, "I'm Natsu from FairyTail and I've never seen you before!"

Salamander's face was priceless; a moment of pure disbelief and confusion.

"I don't care if you're a bastard or a good person; I can't forgive you for using our name." Natsu's veins pulsed, he was seriously pissed.

"Whatever, you're just a noisy brat!" Salamander sent an explosion of flame on the poor boy.

Even I couldn't help an intake of breath as the flame engulfed the boy.

"Awful," said the flaming figure of Natsu, "What is it? Are you really a fire mage? I've never tasted such awful fire."

Natsu slurped up the fire that over his body. "Thanks for the food." he wiped his mouth as if some flame might remain on his face.

"Wha-wha-wha-what is he!" Salamander was in a cold sweat, fear taking over his instincts.

"Now that I've eaten, I can feel my real power! Here I come!" Natsu began sucking the air around him and in everybody's panic he lat out a burst of flame that took out everyone in the room.

"Remember it well." Natsu sent his flaming fist into Salamander's face.

Even though he had already knocked Salamander out, Natsu continued to wreak havoc on the place.

"Hey! That's enough!" I screamed.

Natsu turned to me, confused. "There's a girl in this group...? That's kind of twisted..."

He stared at me.

"You think I'm a part of this! I'm was here to stop it!" I lost my temper.

"Well you didn't do a very good job..."

"Shut up! You burst in before I could do anything!" I pouted.

"But you're just a kid, what could you have-" Natsu placed his hand on my head, but in a blur he was on the ground with a footprint on his face and Ryo on top of him.

"What the hell was that for!" Natsu screamed.

"I saw you touching Kumiko! If I hadn't interferred who knows what nasty perverted things you could have done to her!" Ryo shouted protectively.

"Only in your dreams!" I hollered, punching him off of Natsu, "I can damn well take care of myself!"

"Wh-what's with all this rukus!" the military came clambering in.

I could feel the air leave my lungs as I was whipped away.

"Crap! Let's run!" Natsu grimaced, grabbing my hand along with the other girl's (whom I'd almost forgotten about).

Ryo came running after us. "You little bastaaaaaaard!"