A/N: OK. I'm done with Bad Like You're Good! So I'm back to this now~ hell yeah~ Let's get this NaLu party started!~

Lucy cried herself to sleep. literally. She couldn't stand the thought that Natsu would be killed... And she couldn't DO anything! it was perfectly infuriating! She couldn't just run out to the gallows and yell: "STOP THE EXECUTION." However badass it may be, she didn't have that kind of authority.

When she woke up, she heard the execution wasn't open to the public, because they didn't want to start a riot. That, and It was already said and done before dawn...

Lucy didn't even get out of bed, just curled up in her nightgown, hugging a pillow and trying not to cry. But her mourning was disrupted when the entire building shook, and her eyes widened, jumping up, running to her balcony. She saw smoke and heard gunshots.

She snagged her robe, putting it on, as she ran out, to see what in the hell was going on.

When she made it to the main road, guards were rushing about, shouting "there he is!" and "catch him!" and also "thief!"

She could barely make out the figure in the smoke cloud, but knew he must've been the target. She grabbed a whip from a guard, running foreword to catch him. She heard the guy curse under his breath, before turning on his heel, quickly running away.

"I think I played around too much..." He said, and she didn't have to see his face to know he was sweating bullets.

The chase went on for some time, but he was simply too fast. They finally stopped when he jumped off a wall, landing on a roof, and Lucy stood, panting hard, as she stared down her enemy. "Get down here now!" She yelled furiously. how DARE he give her nostalgia at a time like this!

"Aren't you convincent~" He cooed back

Lucy felt a vein pop on her temple "GET DOWN SO I CAN KICK YOUR SCRAWNY ASS!"

He just laughed "I think we both know I'm anything but 'scrawny'~" he chided

"what..?"

He finally turned to face her, with a slight challenging glare, and a smirk "Is the magic gone already, Lucy...?~"

Lucy gaped, as she stared at him "... N-Natsu?! But you're supposed to be DEAD!" she shrieked, pointing at him.

Natsu sighed, holding his hands up by him in a shrug "Loud as ever, I see..."

"NOW'S NO TIME FOR RUDE COMMENTS!" She snapped, causing him to plug his ears

"ah, too loud, Luce..."

Lucy huffed, crossing her arms "Now explain yourself, mister!" but he was already walking away "h-hey!" she called after him

"If I stay in one place too long, I'll only get caught~ I'll see you tonight~~" He called back to her, before disappearing

Lucy sighed. He really was an idiot...

"Lucy-sama! Did you catch him?!" A guard who just caught up with her asked, but Lucy shook her head "No, he was simply too quick..."

"... Why are you in a nightgown?"

She looked down.

"DAMNIT, HE TOOK MY ROBE!"

Lucy sighed blissfully as she twirled around her room, for Natsu was ok. She didn't get HOW, or what had happened, but she planned to ask him later, when he came to visit, and BOY was she gonna hit him as hard as she could.

But her celebration was cut short, by a short rap on her door. She blinked, turning to the wide double doors "Come in!" she called. The doors opened, revealing her father, who walked up to her, and took her by the shoulders.

"I know you are upset by Salamander's death.." he started, and Lucy nodded, pretending to almost cry "So I arranged a marriage for you, to get your mind off of it." he quickly added.

...

What the actual fuck..?

Like an arranged marriage would make her feel BETTER! What was he, some kind of nut-job?!

"Wait, dad-"

"No, my decision is final. He will be joining us for dinner, so dress nicely" He said sternly, before turning, and leaving.

Now Lucy really felt like crying... She collapsed to the floor, her dress fluttering into an unceremonious pile around her "but... I love Natsu..." she choked out, talking mainly to herself, as Levy came in, with a few formal dresses.

"Now then, Lu-chan~ Let's make you drop dead gorgeous!~~" and with that, the make up soldiers known as Mira and Lisanna showed up from behind her, with a look that said: 'struggle, and we'll tie you up.~'

"but I don't-H-Hey! Wait!" And of course, she had no choice in the matter, as she dressed up and beautified to perfection.

By the time they were done, the clock struck six, and they merrily sent Lucy on her way.

Lucy sighed, before giving a determined look. She just had to ignore this random guy, to send him the message~ And so, she walked down the hall, towards her date with destiny.