"The Selection" A Nalu Vs ToLu Fan fic! #FairyTailWattys!

Chapter 17 : "No One Touches You"

Lisanna was looking for Natsu. She had visited his room, but then the guard told her that he had gone out. It took Lisanna all day to find him, but when she did she was surprised.

Natsu was standing behind a building, his eyes looking at the ground. From the way his ears perked, she could tell that he was using his ears instead of his eyes.

Lisanna looked around the corner to a giant oak that stood near the edge of town.

She spotted Lucy and a dark haired male. Tobi. Tobi was crying, his body relying on Lucy's.

Even from her distance, Lisanna heard the sentence Lucy spoke.

"Tobi.... Erza may not love you, but I do."

Natsu walked away, still hiding his eyes from view.

Lisanna was furious. How could Lucy say that when Natsu was in love with her? How could she choose him over Natsu?

H-... How could Natsu love Lucy instead of herself?

-The Next Day-

Tobi awoke in someone else's room. The ceiling was bright red, and the bed itself was far too fancy for the drab gray bed in his room.

He could hear two voices arguing.

"Why?!?! For HIM!??! TELL ME, MY BELOVED DAUGHTER WHAT WILL HE HAVE TO OFFER?!? I'D MUCH RATHER HAVE YOU MARRY PRINCE LOKI OF RUSSIA!!!!! THAT PIECE OF TRASH WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH NOTHING!!!" Shouted the king. Even through the thick door, Tobi could pick the voices out.

"The Selection was meant for me to choose my husband, was it not? I have chosen. Therefore, the Selection is over." That was Lucy.

Questions were swarming in Tobi's head.

Why did he awake in Lucy's room?

Who was the male who tried to kill him the night Grimiore heart attacked?

And why did he have piercing blue hair with a red ratio under his eye?

Suddenly, the king shouted something Tobi didn't like.

"My daughter, I'm sorry but I cannot allow you to marry him. As punishment for not listening to me, you WILL be whipped." This sentence was followed by the sound of someone readying his whip.

Lucy took a massive gulp. The whip, 15 feet in length, had massive spikes. He'd only used it on her once, and she still bore the scar on her back.

Lucy cringed as King Jude raised the whip.

"I was really hoping that you would listen to reason, my dear. This is your punishment." Jude raised his arm, pulling the whip over his head. Then, after a short pause, Jude brought his arm down at incredible speeds.

Lucy closed her eyes, once again afraid to see her death. Not her physical death, but the death of her pride.

One second passed.

Then another.

Then another.

Lucy opened her eyes to find someone she hadn't expected.

Tobi with the whip in his hand stood between the two. Blood leaked from his hand.

Jude looked surprised. Then, after glancing to his left his look darkened.

"You let this person, whom you claim to love, sleep in your bed?!!?" Jude was enraged. He couldn't believe that his beloved daughter had allowed a simple commoner to sleep in her bed!!!

The slightest thought enraged him. Jude wanted to raise his arm and strike him once more.

"How many whips was she supposed to take?" Tobi asked, clearly trying to make Jude look like a fool. Luckily, there were no bystanders. No bystanders meant no witnesses. No witnesses meant no trouble.

"Four." Jude answered coldly. He didn't like the tone Tobi used.

Tobi was clearly pissing Jude off. Even Tobi could see the vein appear on his forehead.

"Well, since your so keen on whipping, whip me instead."

Lucy couldn't believe what she was hearing. Tobi was volunteering himself to get whipped?! Just for her?!

Why?! It's not like Tobi loved her. Did he?

"What are you doing?!?" Lucy hissed. She didn't like that other people were getting hurt because of her. Besides, Tobi has no motive to save her. He doesn't owe her anything. Especially not his life.

"No one hurts you. At all." Tobi said in a hushed whisper.

Her father's laughing brought her attention back to the commotion.

"Oh? And who says you won't go crying to the police?!"

"You think I want people to know that I LET someone whip me?" Tobi countered. "If that's not enough, I'll take twice as many whips. Just don't hurt Lucy." Tobi pushed Lucy behind himself, protectively.

Jude considered his proposal. Despite looking like he was thinking, he was going to agree to it anyways.

"Agreed. Lucy my dear, please leave the room." Jude said in a creepy voice. His lips snaked their way to a sly grin that terrified Lucy.

Lucy obeyed. As soon as she closed the door, Tobi screamed in pain.

Lucy covered her ears and tried her best to not cry.