Ruthless Winds and Raging Seas

Chapter 33

The next day, Natsu had everyone come into his quarters for a meeting.

"Alright gentlemen." He started.

"Ahem!" Erza said.

"And ladies, we should be arriving at Tendrou Island by tomorrow. Laxus do you have the items needed to make the key."  Natsu asked.

"Right here." Laxus said holding up the items they collected.

"Good. Lock them in my drawer until we reach the island."

"Aye-aye."

"In just a few days we should reach the island and we'll be set for life once we get that book."

"Or die trying." Gray added.

"You could try to be more optimistic. about the subject."

"I could but I won't."

"What exactly am I supposed to do while you all are on this island?" Lucy asked.

"Stay on the ship and keep quiet." Natsu told her.

"But what happens if you die?"

"Um...I'll get back to you on that. The rest of you get back to work."

"Aye sir!"

Everyone left the captain's quarters, everyone except Lucy. She had noticed that things had become very akward between her and Natsu. They were trying to avoid each other and she had a pretty good reason why but she wanted to fix that.

"Why are you still here?" He asked her.

"I wanted to apologize for what happend between us the other night." She said.

"Forget about it, I already have."

"No cause if you had you wouldn't be avoiding me so much."

"Alright I'll admit that what you said upset me a little."

"I didn't mean to hurt your felings but you have to understand how things work where I come from."

"I know exactly how things work where you come from okay? You don't have to explain it to me. In the world you live in only two things matter, money and status. We both are completely different in those subjects so let's just go back to how things were before."

"I just want to make sure that you're not upset."

"You expect me to not be upset by that? You think I like being reminded that my life's not worth spit? You think I don't know that? You think I've lived with that fact everyday of my life?"

"That's not what I meant when I said that."

"Then explain it to me. What did you mean?"

"I don't know but I don't think you're worthless."

"Right. Don't make this worse by lying."

"I'm not lying."

"Just go please. I have a lot that I need to think about right now."

"Alright."

With a sigh she reluctantly went back up aboard the thief. About an hour later Gray came down to his quarters.

"Uh Natsu I believe that we have a very big situation on our hands."

"What situation is that? Is the anchor stuck again?"

"No but I do believe that we're being followed."

"What?"

Natsu looked out the window and he saw a ship coming in from a distance.