Two chapters in a day!~ woot~ there will probably only be one or two more chapters in this story, before I work on a new one, so I hope you enjoy this one while it lasts ;)
Lucy grinned happily as she sat on her bed, reading a book, very pleased with herself.
She had somehow managed to convince the authorities of Era that Natsu was simply a man who was falsely accused, and they had run him out of town for no reason. They believed her of course, and agreed to stop pursuit of the young man named "Natsu"
Now, she waited for said man to come, like she had told him to, but failed to notice the figure that dislodged itself from the window,and crept up to her.
Natsu blinked at Lucy, who smiled, with a flush resting on her cheeks. He cocked an eyebrow, leaning over more, finally speaking "whatcha reading..?" he asked quietly.
Lucy squeaked, quickly slamming the book close, and holding it close to her over-sized chest, cheeks heating up more.
Natsu merely smirked at her, as she dashed across the room with the hard-bound block of pages "ok, now I'm curious~" he said with a laugh, causing Lucy to pout childishly "Y-You wouldn't like it anyway!... but... I did clear your-HEY!"
He had somehow managed to slip the book right out of her arms, without her even noticing (well, he was the "Salamander" after all), and was sitting in the rafters looking at the words intently.
"Are you even listening?! You can go back to Era!"
"yeah, yeah, hold on..." he muttered, continuing to stare at the pages
Lucy blushed, as silence filled the room... Then Natsu's eyes widened, face flushed a bright red, before letting out a small yelp, tossing the book across the room.
"WHAT THE HELL DO YOU READ?!" He yelled out, pointing at the book, as if it were the spawn of satan, and Lucy huffed lightly, as she carefully picked up the book "Just because some people aren't mature enough to handle it.." she muttered to herself, before looking back at Natsu, who had replaced himself on the wood floor.
"Anyway, that aside, thanks!~" He said, hugging her tightly, and Lucy blushed more, and smiled softly, hugging back.
"yeah, no problem..." she said quietly, smiling more when he quickly pressed his lips to hers, before backing up towards the window, with a wide, fanged, grin playing on his face.
"I'll see you back in Era~!" he called out as he leapt from the open window, disappearing as quickly as he arrived.
It had been a good 6 months of Natsu returning to cause mayhem in the city, and Lucy had retired from captain of the guards, and fully taking on her duty as the princess.
Natsu stopped by every night after evading authorities, and chat up Lucy. He continued working at the small convenience store, and Lucy stopped by as often as possible, despite the teasing from Gray and Gajeel. Though Natsu quickly shut them up with a quick "but I'm not single" and left the two to sulk and go about their business.
Of course trouble had a knack for finding Natsu, but him being who he was, he always avoided it
most of the time...
"Princess Lucy!" A guard burst into her bedchambers, making Lucy jump to her feet. "You are requested in the courtroom, by his highness!" he reported.
Lucy blinked 'court room..? is there a trial..?' she wondered to herself, as she quickly followed the guard down the long hall, wondering what on earth could have happened so abruptly.
She made her way into the room, sitting next to her father, before her eyes widened, and her heart skipped a beat.
because Natsu Dragneel, a mere 10 feet away, stood there in shackles, looking very pissed at the new captain of the guards, Dan Straight, at whom he glared at from the corner of his eye.
"Sir, I have successfully captured the Salamander~" he reported
Jude nodded "excellent work, Dan" he praised, which Dan ate up like a fine desert
"I assume I shall be rewarded?~" Dan spoke, with a gleam in his eye, before his eyes wandered over to Lucy, causing the blonde to shiver.
This of course, didn't go unnoticed by Natsu, who finally snapped, and yanked away from the cocky brunette "Reward my ass! You did nothing to deserve one!"
Jude watched curiously, along with Lucy
"what do you mean?~ I caught an infamous thief~" Dan said smoothly
"by threatening to hurt innocent people! It doesn't take skill to bribe people with the lives of citizens!"
Jude's eyes nearly bugged out of his head "You WHAT?!" he yelled, standing up, slamming his hands down angrily on the table
"but it worked~" Dan said
Lucy stood also "You NEVER threaten to hurt the townspeople just to get rid of a thief, who never hurt anyone!" she scolded
Dan scowled at her, before Jude spoke again "I do commend you for captured the thief, but this can not go overlooked... Dan, you shall serve your sentence in the dungeon... and as for Salamander..." The two stared each other down, but there seemed to be some kind of communication going on between them. Lucy blinked, and looked at them both, trying to figure out what her dad would do.
Jude stayed silent for awhile more, before finally giving out the sentence "He shall be executed."
Lucy gasped "F-Father, isn't that a little extreme?!" she asked quickly, gripping his arm
"No. He has been a menace to this city for too long, and I plan to put an end to it. He will be hung early tomorrow morning, and that's my final word about it." he didn't say another word as he made his way out of the room.
Lucy glanced at Natsu, biting her lip, before slowly following him, as Dan and Natsu were taken away to the dungeon, and they begun to prepare for Natsu's execution.