Carnelia

Natsu nods with a small smile.

"Sure just keep scimitars close to you just in case."

He sits down and leans against the tree before he puts the blanket around him.

"Just sit next to me under the blanket when your done."

Natsu whispers while he closes his eyes and yawns.

Tsukiko nods and she immediately brings both the pouch and the scimitars closer to Natsu before taking her cloak of and puts them over the scimitars to keep them from being noticed if anyone finds them and she sits down next to Natsu before putting some of the blanket over herself and she smiles happily.

"You must be tired Natsu.... guess we should get some sleep..."

She says while tilting her head cutely.

Natsu nods while he opens his eyes.

"Yea we should.
Sweet dreams..Tsukiko."

He whispers while he closes his eyes.

"Oh you mind if i use your shoulder as a pillow?"

Natsu asks while he already rests his head on her shoulder and falls asleep a few seconds later.

Tsukiko smiles softly and she closes her eyes when we says sweet dreams.

"Sweet dreams... Natsu..."

She whispers but she chuckles at his question and she leans her head on his.

"I... don't... mind..."

Tsukiko breathes before she too falls asleep.

8 hours later Natsu slowly wakes up.
He opens his eyes with a yawn and feels Tsukiko's head against his.
Natsu slowly moves away from the blanket and stands up.

"Tch.."

Natsu walks to his back pack and takes out a sandwhich.
He takes a deep breath and breaks it in half before he slowly sits next to Tsukiko again under the blankets while holding the two sandwhiches.

"Hey, Tsukiko wake up.
We got to keep moving."

Right after Tsukiko falls asleep a woman her height suddenly appears in front of her, she has the same hair color but has pointed ears and small wings, and she watches over her with a warm smile for a few seconds before turning to look at Natsu.

"Thank you mortal..."

She mouthes before disappearing as quickly as she can. 8 hours later Tsukiko slowly wakes up when she hears Natsu's voice and she yawns.

"Oh-kay..."

Tsukiko breathes before looking up at him with a happy expression.

"Good morning!"

Natsu looks at her with a small smile and holds out half of the sandwhich.

"Good morning...how does it feel to be out of that.."cage"..?"

He asks with a small smile before he yawns.

"Here you go."

Natsu says with the same smile.

Tsukiko looks at the sandwich surprised but a warm smile goes across her face at his question.

"It feels great.... thank you..."

She says softly before taking the sandwich but she chuckles when he yawns.

"You sure you don't want to sleep a little longer?"

Tsukiko asks with a raised eyebrow before taking a bite of the sandwich and she looks surprised.

"It's good.."

a sign of happiness can be seen in Natsu's face and he closes his eyes while he also takes a bite from the sandwhich.

"Thanks...that's the first time someone told me that."

Natsu says before he shakes his head.

"Nah i am okay."

He leans against the tree and opens his eyes.

"We got to keep moving so..yea..we don't have much time to sleep or to rest."

Natsu looks down with a serious expression.

"It would be easier if we had a horse."

He thought out loud.

Tsukiko looks surprised at what he says but shrugs.

"I wonder why..."

She says with a sigh before taking another bite of the sandwich but she raises her eyebrow when he mentions a horse and she closes her eyes.

"I think.... there is a stable south from here... there might be a horse there..."

Tsukiko says with a soft smile before taking another bite of the sandwich.

Natsu takes another bite of the sandwhich.

"I don't know..."

He looks up at the tree's.

"A stable south of here...then let's go that way once we finished our sandwhich."

Natsu says with a small smile when he takes another bite.

"So tell something about yourself."

Tsukiko nods at what he says and she happily takes another bite of the sandwich nodding when he says they should go after they finish the sandwich but she looks confused when he says to tell something about herself.

"Like that?"

She asks while tilting her head cutely but with the confused expression.

"What do you want to know?"

Natsu looks down in thought while he takes another bite of the sandwhich.

"Like the things you like...or something like that."

He says with a small smile before he looks at her.

"I'll start first.."

Natsu looks down in thought again.

"I like...to paint...and...going out..."

He whispers before he turns to her.

"Those are the things i like most.....what about you?"

Tsukiko nods in understanding but she looks surprised at what he says he likes but she looks down in thought.

"Hmm... I like going out too I guess.... I got in trouble for it.... but I loved going into the city.... and umm....I like playing the piano...."

She says while tilting her head cutely before taking another bite of the sandwich and finishes it.

Natsu nods and chuckles.

"Hmmm..sounds great."

He also finishes his sandwhich and stands up.

"Guess we should get going."

Natsu slowly grabs the blanket and walks to his back pack.
He folds the blanket and puts it in his back pack.
Then he closes it and puts it on his back.

"So which way is south from here?"

Natsu asks while he looks around.

Tsukiko stands up and pats her dress quickly getting the dirt off it and she puts the belt back on along with the swords and she puts her cloak on but not the hood.and she looks down in thought.

"Well if the city is that way..."

She says while pointing in the direction of the city.

"Then south would be in that direction..."

Tsukiko says pointing behind them with her thumb and smiles at him.

"Let's go.."

Natsu nods at what she says and he walks to the direction she pointed to.

"Where's Crocell when you need him..."

He thought out loud with a calm expression but a serious one goes across his face.

"Hey Tsukiko...i noticed it yesterday when your dad was talking about..his wife?
Your mother..?
He said that you were the only connection..or something like that.
What did he mean?"

Natsu asks with a confused expression.

Tsukiko follows him with a happy expression but she looks at him confused when he says Crocell.

"Crocell? what's that?"

She asks confused but she eyes widen in shock at what he asks and she looks down sadly with a weak smile.

"Well I'm their only child.... and like everyone else... I have half my fathers genes.... and half my mother's genes... and since she disappeared.... he believes she might be able to come back if I'm still around.... like a mother to child.... or blood relationship kind of thing..."

Tsukiko says with a shrug but looks down sadly.

"I wonder why she left..."

Natsu looks slightly suprised at what she says and he puts his hand on her shoulder.

"I see..well i am sure you will see her again..i bet she had a really good reason to leave."

He whispers with a small smile before he puts his finger on her cheek and pokes it.

"But your father should've searched for her.
He shouldn't have waited for her to come back..."

Natsu says before he looks down in thought.

"Now that your here...you can search her for yourself..right?"

He whispers with a small smile.

"Oh..Crocell..he always yells to everyone if we want to borrow his horses.
He also lives in the city we're going to..I'll introduce you to him when we get there."

Tsukiko looks up at Natsu sadly after hearing what he says and closes her eyes.

"My father.... he believes that my mother is a fairy as you heard.... and that she is no longer in this world.... but in her own... the "magic" world or... fairy world..."

She says with a sigh before reaching for the butterfly pendant and she holds it tightly.

"This pendant is the only thing I have from my mother.... I got it for my tenth birthday.... not face to face of course... but she left it for me in a box I found on my desk.... no one knows how it got there and I found a letter with it that was signed with my mothers name...."

Tsukiko says while smiling softly but sighs before looking down upset again.

"My father's explanation of things... is the only thing that actually makes some soft of sense to me..."

Natsu raises his eyebrow when hears what she says.

"Fairy...world?"

He looks at her for a few seconds with a confused expression before he sighes.

"I see...that sounds really...amazing..."

Natsu says with the confused expression.

"So..your mom is a fairy?
That's actually really hard to believe...not that i don't believe you.
But..do you know where this..fairy world..is?"

He asks while he keeps walking south.

Tsukiko nods at what he says and she looks down sadly and nods again when he says that sounds really amazing. But she looks up at him at his question and she shakes her head.

"No I don't... but I wouldn't be able to enter that world if I did..."

She says with a sigh before holding her index finger up meaning one.

"The first problem is, is that it's in another dimension... and two..."

Tsukiko pauses but she holds up two fingers.

"Two.... Humans cannot enter this world..."

She says as a pained expression goes across her face.

Natsu chuckles and holds out his hand and the blade shoots out his sleeve.

"As long as you fight for it you can get there.
Tell me whenever you want to go and I'll help you."

He says with a small smile before the blade shoots back in his sleeve.

"And i am sure your mother will show up on your birthday again someday.
Maybe she will take you with her."

Natsu says with the same smile before he looks around.

"So don't worry about it so much.
You got that pendant from her right?
So you know she's still out there watching you."

Tsukiko looks up at him surprised and she smiles at him with a warm smile but looks down with the smile.

"No.... it's alright... as you said my mom is watching over me... if she wants me to go there I will.... but..."

She looks down wondering if she should say it and she shrugs before looking up at him with the same expression.

"I don't want to be anywhere where you can't come...."

Natsu looks suprised and a soft smile goes across his face.

"Thanks..that's..."

He looks down with the same smile for a few seconds.

"That's..really sweet.."

Natsu whispers with the same smile before he looks back at her.

"Anyway...umm...are we close to that stable?"