Her Protector ~NaLu~

~Chapter twenty two~

Nobody is superior,
Nobody is inferior,
But nobody is equal either.
People are simply unique, incomparable.
You are you and I am I.
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~Lucy's POV

We landed on the ground and in front of us was the temple. It looked really small from the outside. Both Natsu and I could feel it, there were different kinds of magic in there.

Natsu grabbed a branch from a dried out tree that used to be here and ignited it. He handed it to me. "Let's go," he said.

We slowly pushed the door open. We set our first step. "Be careful. According to the book there are nine traps, or obstacles or whatever," I told him.

The temple looked way bigger inside.

I walked further but I didn't see the tiny hole in the ground and my next step went in that hole. So I fell. I heard Natsu snicker behind me.

He put out his hand for me to grab. "Be careful," he mocked me.

I shot him an annoyed look but accepted the hand. Suddenly we heard something behind us. We swiftly turned around, the door was closing.

Suddenly the light became way weaker. The torches around us suddenly lifted on fire. I can't say I didn't flinch.

I was a little afraid...

Natsu grabbed my hand assuringly. "Come on."

Suddenly there was a large piece of paper hanging in the air with the number nine on it.

"Brave yourself, obstacle one comes. Or nine, whatever you want to call it."

We walked into the tiny hallways, high on guard. But nothing happened.

Suddenly I heard a sound coming from under Natsu's foot. He looked down and he had pressed the squared tile.

We looked around and tiny holes made its way out of the wall

"Watch out!" Natsu screamed and grabbed my hand. He jumped forward, just in time before arrows came out of the wall, shooting on the place we stood.

We fell on the ground. I looked back and saw the arrows eating the wall. Not really, but they were covered in poison, strong enough to digest the wall.

I smacked his head. "You almost got us killed, baka," I shouted. I wasn't serious though. Even though he caused it, he saved me.

"Shush. But now we know obstacle 1; Floor trap."

That is how you call it? Really?

"Man, I wish Happy was here," he mumbled. I looked at him, me too, buddy, me too.

"But we must go further. How do we know which tile is a trap?" I asked. We looked in front of us, it was a squared floor. Luckily we stood on something that wasn't similar.

So we were safe... for now.

Natsu grabbed a stone and threw it. He threw it at the right piece of floor and arrows were shot there.

"Uhh... I don't think we have to be afraid of which one it is."

I raised my eyebrow. "How come?"

"The floor in front of us are all a trap, meaning every piece will make an arrow come," he explained.

I'm still wondering how he figured that out, but didn't doubt him at all.

I stood up and picked my Virgo's key. "Then let's dig a hole," I spoke.