The Love of Nekos

Chapter 9 - Four Seasons

On the way to Onibus, Gray and I were arguing over...actually I forgot how this fight started but I know I'm right. "Dirty Slimeball!" "Fire Clown!" "Pervy Flasher!" "Pink-haired punk!" we continuously threw insults at each other. We were in the forest walking towards Onibus to catch a train back to Magnolia. I wish we didn't have to take the train.

Suddenly Gray, Erza and I sensed an oncoming attack. "Move!" Erza shouted as she pulled Wendy and Carla with her out of the way. Gray pulled Happy, along with me and Lucy, out of the way. Less than a second later, a blast of fire shot at the spot where we once stood. I immediately sniffed the air for the enemy's position and found four people standing on a large branch in a tree, in the direction where the shot was fired. "There!" I shouted and pointed up at the four people.

As everyone looked, the four people jumped down from the branch to the ground in front of us. They were two men and two women. The first male had spiky blonde hair, forest green eyes, a long dark green trench coat with a white shirt underneath, long dark brown pants and black leather shoes. The woman beside him had long emerald green hair, chestnut brown eyes, a short cherry blossom pink dress with a zipped-up waist high long sleeve spring green jacket over the top, and long light brown boots. The second male gave me the same vibe as Gray. He had short snow white slick back hair, glacier blue eyes, white singlet underneath a sapphire blue fur-hooded leather jacket, long pitch black cargo pants and black leather shoes. Lastly, the other woman had long pumpkin orange hair, bonze brown eyes, rose red dress trench coat with black buttons, long black leggings and short light brown boots.

"Who are you?!" Erza demanded and then the blonde stepped up. "We are the Dark Knight's Four Seasons Elite Squad and we are here to take back those escaped Nekos" he said and then pointed to me and Lucy. I hid Lucy behind me and hissed at him to stay away. Gray and Erza stood in front of us. "You're not taking our friends anywhere" Gray said.

Erza turned to us, "Happy, I want you take Natsu and Lucy out of here. Take them to the train station and then take a train to the guild" she whispered. "Wait Erza I want to help fight!" I complained. "No. Happy go" Erza ordered and Happy replied "aye!" before using his Max Speed to fly me and Lucy away. "Happy, go back! We have to help them fight!" I shouted as I looked down at his face. "I can't Natsu. I don't want to lose you and Lucy" he replied and then I noticed he was crying. 'Awe, he just wants to protect his best friends' I thought. "I'm sorry Happy" I said as I stroked his fur and then sat back down on his head.

Suddenly I felt a hand on my shoulder and then turned to Lucy. "I'm sure our friends will be fine" she said with a small smile. I took her hand off my shoulder and into my hand. For now, we should focus on getting back to the guild safely. Then we can either wait for our friends to return or send a rescue party after them. "Thanks Lucy" I replied with a big toothy grin. She smiled back with the smile that I love to see.

As we were flying towards Onibus, I thought about earlier. 'Why did I get so mad when Ice Stripper offered to carry Lucy?' I wondered. Before I could answer my thought Happy spoke up. "I see Onibus up ahead" he said and we turned to see we were getting close to the city. Suddenly I heard Lucy scream and I quickly whipped my head around to see her being pulled towards the ground by a flame lasso. "Happy!" I shouted and he knew what to do. We dove down and raced to catch her. He quickly grabbed her and pulled her up in the opposite direction the flame lasso was pulling. I looked down and saw the flame lasso was coming from the blonde guy from the Four Seasons Elite Squat...Squash...whatever!

'So that guy is a fire wizard like me' I thought and then an idea popped into my head. Hehe I bet he didn't expect me to be a Fire Dragon Slayer. "Hold on Happy!" I shouted, "trying to..." he groaned back. We were slowly being pulled closer and closer to the ground. "Help me guys I'm slipping!" Lucy cried as she held onto Happy's paws. I climbed down from Happy's head to his paws, using his fur as a grip. I grabbed the lasso and took a bite out it which released Lucy. Happy took this opportunity to fly higher and hurriedly flew us as far away from the blonde guy as possible.

"Are you ok Lucy?" I asked, "yeah I'm ok. Thanks, you guys" she replied. "You're welcome" Happy and I said in unison. We reached the train station and Happy flew us into the cargo compartment of the train going to Magnolia. "Do you think that guy will catch up to us?" Lucy asked nervously as she peeked outside the cargo compartment door. "We should be safe once the train leaves" Happy replied. Right on time, the train started to move and my stomach flipped. "Ugh" I groaned, "looks like Natsu's motion sickness kicked in" Lucy said and the Happy replied "aye."

I don't know how long this death ride has been going on but we finally arrived at Magnolia train station. "Natsu, the ride's over" Lucy said. "Thank goodness. It felt like forever" I replied as I stood up. "It was only an hour" she said, crossing her arms and rolling her eyes. "It FELT like forever" I pouted. "They're in loooooove~" Happy teased. "SHUT UP YOU STUPID CAT!" Lucy and I shouted together. "You're cats too fufu" Happy chuckled and we growled. "Anyway, we should hurry to the guild" Lucy said, "yeah you're right, lets go Happy" I replied and then climbed up onto Happy's head. I quickly helped Lucy up and then we flew towards the guild.