Hello! I'm so sorry for not updating in a long time! I am on vacation and I forgot to tell you guys because I was so busy with basketball games and golf practices etc… Anyways thank you for 8,000 viewers! My goodness in about 3 weeks, 8,000 pairs of eyes read this story. Just thinking about it makes me want to squeal. I'm planning on making a new story once my vacation ends (Monday) along with this one about Fairy Tail because I came up with a good idea. Anyways what happens the last night of protecting the maiden? What happens to poor Lucy? Find out in the next, What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Stronger!
Previously on What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Stronger:
Lucy and Natsu exchange letters with Happy the massager.
Lucy is taken care of because of Natsu and Happy.
Emily happens to be a huge fan of Nalu.
Chapter 13: Protect!
Lucy and Natsu stood in front of the maiden, Emily Lobster's door. Lucy sighed after scolding Natsu for being so stupid.
One hour ago:
"I DEMAND THAT LUCY COMES INSIDE AND HELPS ME PROTECT YOUR DAUGHTER FROM HARM!" Natsu declared in front of Mr. Lobster.
"No," Mr. Lobster replied blandly with Lucy awkwardly standing in the background.
"Um Nat-" Lucy began but was rudely cut off
"IF LUCY IS NOT WITH ME I QUIT!" Natsu demanded causing for Lucy to turn a bright shade of pink.
"N- Natsu, I,"
"WELL, LET LUCY HELP ME!" Natsu demanded. Mr Lobster hesitated before talking again.
"You guys are lucky that we are running out of time because I would have fired you already," he started, "I'll let your little friend work with you if you really want it that badly," Natsu glared at him as if he wanted more.
"-and we will properly cloth, bathe, and feed her along with it without hesitation or fee," Natsu smiled. Lucy blushed. And that was all there was to it.
Present time:
There Lucy was in a lace white blouse and black skort. She didn't talk to the fire breather next to her after scolding him about the incident that had occurred before.
Previously a few minutes ago.
"IF ANYONE SAW WHAT HAPPENED EARLIER WHO WAS AFFILIATED WITH THE PRESS WOULD HAVE WRITTEN SOMETHING UP AND WOULD HAVE PUT IT IN YET ANOTHER MAGAZINE! AND WE WOULDN'T WANT THAT? RIGHT! WHEN WILL THERE BE A DAY WHEN YOU UNDERSTAND THAT YOUR STUPID ACTIONS OF YOURS WILL GET YOU INTO SOME DEEP TROUBLE THAT NO ONE WILL BE ABLE TO PULL YOU OUT OF! WE COULD HAVE LOST OUR CHANCES OF GETTING THE MONEY I NEED TO PAY MY RENT! YOU WOULDN'T WANT ME TO HAVE TO LIVE WITH YOU RIGHT!"
"Maybe?" Natsu muttered under his breath but Lucy caught it.
"WHAT DID YOU SAY PERV!" Lucy yelled hitting him on top of his head.
"OI!" Natsu yelled covering his head, "if it weren't for me you wouldn't even be here to help me!" Lucy then stopped and slowly put her hand down by her side and looked down with her hair covering her eyes. How her mood could change so quickly surprised the fire breather but he was speechless so they stood in front of the door, silent. Natsu finally decided to end the silence.
"Hey Luce what's wro-"
"Natsu?" Lucy questioned interrupting Natsu,"Back there why did you do all of that? I mean why did you order Happy to get me food even though if you got caught you would get caught? And when you ordered Mr. Lobster to give me the cloths and food. Why did you do that?"
"Well because we are friends!" Natsu exclaimed.
"Friends huh," Lucy repeated as Natsu glared at the blonde, obviously confused.
"What do you mean?" Natsu questioned,
"Well… I mean you were there for me so many times. I never thought that I would ever be so close to someone; that someone actually cared that much. Natsu, you showed me how kind Fairy Tail can be from the start and I never forgot the wonderful things you have done for me in the past. I mean between the past when you caught me from the tower and when you protected me from Gajeel and then today when you defended me from Mr. Lobster. I- I just-"
All of a sudden a laugh could be heard from inside Emily's room. A very familiar laugh in which both Natsu and Lucy have heard for a long time. Natsu opens the door to see Happy and Emily fall to the ground after leaning on the door obviously trying to hear what the two were talking about.
"WHAT ARE YOU TWO DOING!" Lucy demanded. Both of them backed up and hid behind Emily's bed at the other side of the room, terrified of Lucy's wrath.
"WE ARE SO-" They started but Lucy's wrath interrupted their apology.
"WHY ARE YOU GUYS EASDROPPING ON OTHER PEOPLE'S CONVERSATIONS! ESPECIALLY YOU, EMILY I THOUGHT YOU WOULD KNOW BETTER!"
"Um Lucy I think you should calm down a bit," Natsu started looking at the startled maids in the background. Emily saw this and smiled evily.
"Um Lucy can you help me with some girl problems!" Emily exclaimed with hint of lie in her voice.
"Are you sure you want me to help you with that?" What about one of your maids?"
"Nope I want you! Let's go!" Emily cheered grabbing Lucy's hand and closing the door on Natsu and Happy.
"Oh you don't just like her. Actually you love her!" Happy exclaimed with a smirk on the cats face.
"I don't know about love. I mean I like all of my friends like family especially Lucy but love is quite the word."
"Well do you?" Happy questioned.
"I actually have no idea what love really means." Natsu replied. Happy slapped his forehead in disbelief.
"Didn't Igneel teach you about this?"
"Igneel never told me what love was,"
"We need to talk with some people," Happy stated..
And Then:
Lucy and Emily sat in Emily's bathroom where a large mirror and table stood. Both Lucy and Emily took a seat in front of the mirror. Emily stood behind Lucy as she combed through the brunette combed through the blonde's hair.
"Are you sure that Natsu doesn't like you?" Emily asked for the millionth time.
"I wouldn't be surprised if he didn't know what the word like really means." Lucy awnsered.
"All of Sorcerer Weekly say…s"
"Most of what they said is a lie,"
"SO YOU GUYS DIDN'T KISS!" Lucy's face turned red.
"I kissed him on the cheek once," Lucy stated, "During the games."
"So it was true that you kissed him!" Emily exclaimed.
"BECAUSE I MISSED HIM!" Lucy yelled.
"Oh really?" Emily questioned slyly as Lucy quickly got up.
"If you are going to keep on bothering me I'm just going to guard from outside of the door," Lucy stated.
"Wait!" Emily whined, "Don't you want to go to the ball?"
Lucy froze. It had been a while since she has been to a ball.
"I'll take that as a yes! Let's go get a makeover!"
"But I'm supposed to protect you!"
"Well why don't you protect me, disguised!"
"Disguised?"
"Yeah disguised! You can go as my friend when you are really my bodyguard!"
"Uh-"
"Okay lets get you dressed in a nice dress so that you can impres-"
"What?"
"Oh nothing!" As the two girls, or should I say young woman, continued to talk and get ready, Natsu and Happy searched through the library.
"L, L, L, L, Got it!" Natsu exclaimed as he pulled out the Enclyopedia of the letter L. Natsu found the book and searched through it to find the word he was looking for.
"Oh there it is!" Natsu exclaimed as he read the definition of the word carefully and thoroughly.
And then:
Natsu walked into the ballroom only to see Emily safely sitting on the overlook of the ballroom, talking to someone that Natsu couldn't see Lucy from the angle he was standing at. What he didn't know was that his partner was in a brilliant ball dress that would have caught his eyes.
Mr. Lobster walked up from behind Natsu.
"You got lucky," Mr. Lobster began.
"What?" Natsu questioned.
"I mean, first I allow someone with the Heartfilia name to help me and then I allow her to wear my daughter's dress and,"
"Your daugh-" but before Natsu could finish the loud speakers turned on as the room heard a loud squeak and the n turned to see that someone was getting ready to speak.
:And now, Miss. Lobster will make her appearance looking for her husband." The man announced as the large wooden doors at the other side of the room slowly opened to show two young ladies standing with beautiful dresses; one bright red while another a brilliant blue. The blonde in the brilliant blue dress stood at the top of the red carpeted stairs as the bruette in red slowly made her way down the stairs. Natsu's eyes didn't leave the blonde's as she looked right back at the handsome pinkette. Both of them were lost in each other gazes until a music filled the silent crowds. That was Lucy's cue to walk down the stairs and meet her fire breathing savior waiting for her. Natsu was the first one to speak.
"Yo- you look really pretty Luce," Natsu complimented as a tint of pink formed on his face.
"Did the dense Natsu Dragneel just blush?" Lucy thought.
"Thanks you don't so bad yourself," Lucy responded, Both of them were quiet again until Lucy finally ended the awkwardness.
"Um, do you want to dance?" Lucy offered. Natsu didn't respond.
"I mean we don't we don't have to… I mean." Lucy continued making the situation more akward.
"Okay!" Natsu finally answered as he gently led Lucy to the dance floor.
"One step to the right, two forwards, one left, two backwards." Natsu recited under his breath.
"I think you got it!" Lucy exclaimed, "Where did you learn to dance?"
"Remember the job we took a year or two ago?" Natsu asked, "Well you taught me and I remembered!"
Lucy's face showed a small tint of pink as they continued to dance.
"Did Emily Lobster really give you that dress?"
"Yeah and she said that I could keep it!"
"That was really nice of her,"
"Yup! An-" but before she could continue she felt her hair fall back as she came closer to the ground but the arms of her partner caught her as their faces were only a few inches apart. They both stared at each other's eyes as Lucy's face turned red. Natsu quickly lifted her back up.
"I- I-" Natsu began but Lucy cut him off.
"Its fine, I'm going to find Emily" Lucy declared as she walked away, leaving Natsu.
Flashback 1 hour.
"Oh there it is!" Natsu exclaimed as he read the definition of the word carefully and thoroughly.
Love: a feeling of strong or constant affection for a person. 2. attraction that includes sexual desire : the strong affection felt by people who have a romantic relationship. (thank you Merriam Webster)
At the time Natsu didn't know if or if not he loved Lucy.
Present Time:
But, it was then, that Natsu realized that the emotion that Natsu felt around Lucy; that was love.
How'd you like it!? 2k! I did it during vacation so sorry about the hold up! I really want to start on my new story but I never got the chance. Either way when I finish the first chapter of it I will announce it. Anyways I'll see you next time!