Carnelia

Natsu looks at Tsukiko for a while before she dissappears out of his sight and he looks around at the archers.

"I see...smart move..."

He takes a few steps to the door but stops infront of it.

"Now what are you going to do?
Kill me?
You can't kill me..."

Natsu said with a smirk when he pulls the hood over his head and he takes a round ball from his belt.

"Heh."

Tsukiko runs down the hallway and she runs up the stairs and down the hallway and into her room and she quickly picks up a small leather pouch like bag and she stuffs it with an extra pair of clothing, and she quickly goes into the closet and she pushes all the clothes out of the way to reveal a large box and she takes it out and rests it on the ground, before quickly opening it revealing two scimitars with a leather belt and she puts it on and slips the scimitars to either side. She then stuffs a pouch full of one hundred gold coins into the pouch before grabbing the cloak that was on her bed and she wraps it around herself with a worried expression and eyes the door worriedly.

"Natsu..."

She whispers worriedly while she puts a hand over the butterfly pendent and the archers pull the arrows back to shoot while Hiro smirks.

"We'll see about that..."

Hiro says before motioning his hand to fire and all 20 archers fire the arrows.

Natsu's eyes widen and he throws the ball to the ground.

"Heh..."

When the ball hits the ground and smoke appears around him.
Then he quickly lays down on the ground to dodge the arrows and after the arrows have all been shot he quickly stands up and kicks the door open.

"Tsukiko!"

Natsu yells while he runs down the hallway and she runs up the stairs and down the hallway.

"Tsukiko!!"

He yells again before he goes into her room.

"Let's go!"

Natsu said in a serious tone but looks around.

"W-Wait..is there a short cut?"

Hiro growls when he see's the smoke disappear and see Natsu gone and he growls again.

"After him..."

He says in a serious tone and the archers quickly run out of the room after him but Tsukiko immediately calms when she see's him enter the room but she looks at him surprised at his question and nods with a weak smile.

"Yea.... we can jump down from the balcony... that's how I got into the city this morning..."

Tsukiko says with the same smile before putting her hood up while the archers quickly makes their way through the hallway and up the stairs.

Natsu closes the door and locks it.
After that he opens the door that leads to the balconey.

"Alright then..follow me."

He jumps down and lands on the ground before he brushes his clothes.
Then he looks up at the balconey waiting for Tsukiko.

"Let's go!"

Natsu yells as hard as he can.

Tsukiko follows him onto the balcony while the archers reach Tsukiko's room and the bang on the the door.

"Tsukiko-sama! open the door!!"

One of the Archers yells through the door and she gasps before jumping up onto the railing and she jumps down onto the ground beside Natsu and she looks up at him.

"Alright..."

Natsu looks up at the balconey and pulls his hood over his head.

"We got to hide from the guards...we have to stay unnoticed.
You think you can do that?"

He asks when he looks back at her while he takes another smoke bomb from his belt.

"So when i throw this thing..we run to the city and hide in the crowd so that we can make our way to the gate..unless there's a easier way to get out of here."

Natsu asks with a raised eyebrow.

"And don't let people see your face."

Tsukiko looks surprised but she nods at what he says with worried expression while she pulls her hood up as much as she can to make sure her face was hidden. But she closes her eyes to try and remember the layout of the city.

"There are three exits..... the main entry is to the south, and there are the west and east gates.... I think we should take the west one though.... it leads right into the forest and even if they try to follow us, they can lose us in there...."

She says with a nod but suddenly looks worried.

"But there are guards set up at all three Entrances.... so I don't think we can go through them we have to come up with something that won't make us stand out...."

Tsukiko says with a sigh but she nods at his last sentence and she starts walking to the city like she did before.

Natsu puts the smokebomb back in his belt and he quickly follows her.

"I see..well..I'll follow you to the west gate.
But i think i know a good distraction..."

He said when he looks at his the smoke bomb and a smirk goes across his face.

"Anyway clap your hands together and walk like that the whole time when we're in the city."

Natsu looks around while he slowly starts walking next to her.

"Strange...i thought those guards would come after us."

Tsukiko looks surprised at what Natsu says but nods.

"Alright.... but why do I need to clap my hands together...?"

She asks looking confused while she claps her hands together and tilts her head down as if praying while the archers finally break through the door to see that they are gone and one of them swears under his breath before he starts running back down the hallway and Tsukiko looks a little worried.

"They will.... but not until they think we let our guards down...."

Natsu nods and also claps his hands together and tilts his head down as if praying.

"I see well..i'll never let my guard down.
But...Tsukiko..was it..right?
Your going to live in a city with a lot of assassin's.
It's the only place you will save."

He looks down in thought.

"There isn't another city where you will be recognized but..where people don't care about who you are."

Tsukiko looks a little worried but she lets a small smile show on her face and she nods.

"It's right.... aslong as your with me I think I'll be safe.... atleast.... safer then being here...."

She says as her smile weakens but she then closes her eyes.

"Thank you..... for doing so much for me..."

Natsu nods slightly with a smalll smile.

"Don't worry about it...
But...i won't be with you after we got you settled down in that city."

He said with a calm expression while his smile dissappears.

"Anyway I'll introduce everyone to you so you'll make some new friends."

Natsu says with a bright smile before he looks around.

"Um, so how far is that gate?"

A confused expression goes across Tsukiko's face after his first statement and a disappointed expression goes across her face.

"Oh..."

She says softly before sighing sadly but shrugs at his next.

"Okay.... I'll try...."

Tsukiko says sounding a little doubtful but she tries to sound happy.

"Don't worry.... we just take a right at the plaza and walk past a few of the houses and we'll run into it..."

Natsu looks down again and nods.

"Alright...how many guards are there?
Nine?, ten, eleven?...i can take them out you know."

He said with a smirk when he slowly turns to her.

"But..really how many guards are there?"

Natsu asks when the smirk dissappears and a calm expression goes across his face.

Tsukiko closes her eyes while she tries to remember.

"In a normal situation.... there are four guards at each gate.... two on each side... but in an emergency.... concerning how serious.... there will be up to 50 guards each...."

She says with a hint of worry.

"We have to get out of here without getting caught.... if we're caught.... it's not my life on the line..."

Tsukiko thought fearfully thinking of Natsu as they reach the plaza and Tsukiko turns right.

Natsu's eyes widen in suprise.

"Wh-Wha?
50 guys?"

a slightly worried expression goes across Natsu face.

"Hmmm...alright...heh that own't stop us.
We're getting out of here."

Natsu said in a confident tone when he heard her that she was worried while he follows her to the plaza and also goes right.

"Heh.."

Tsukiko sighs sadly at his surprised reaction but she looks surprised at his next statement and she smiles softly.

"Yea.... let's..."

She says with the same smile while they pass a building.

"If it becomes a big problem when we get to the gate.... we can always jump over it though.... can't we?"

Natsu stops walking for a second and nods when he continues.

"Your right we can always...climb..."

He looks ahead of him.

"But i think...using that smoke bomb would be a better idea.
We can escape when they can't see us and hide in the forest."

Natsu says in a serious tone while he looks around again.

Tsukiko chuckles softly when he agrees with her but she nods at his next statement.

"Guess your right..."

She says with a sigh as some guards can be seen up ahead.

Natsu looks ahead of him again and a serious expression goes across his face again.

"Looks like we're here.
So we just have to run further away from the gate and we will end up at a forest?"

He asks just to be sure while he takes out the smokebomb.

"Tch..this needs to have a perfect timing if i throw it the wrong way.."

Natsu thought with the same expression.

"Tch.."

Tsukiko nods at what he says and the guards go into a defensive position but with confused expressions.

"Is that them?"

One of them asks softly but another one nods.

"Probably... I don't think anyone else would hide their faces.... now remember.... Tsukiko-sama must not be harmed...."

He says while one of the guards in the back chuckles.

"What about the other one?"

The guard asks the guard at the front smirks.

"His majesty doesn't care what we do to him aslong as he's dead..."

He says with the smirk while Tsukiko's eyes widen in shock and fear.

"They can't...."

Tsukiko whispers in shock and her hands begin to tremble softly but the guards cannot see.

Natsu looks up at the guards with a cold expression when he hears what they say but he keeps walking.

"Don't stop...
Keep walking..like i said..i got a plan."

He whispers while he keeps walking.

"If we walk away now they will follow us anyway."

Natsu whispered while he tightens his grip on the smoke bomb and prepares to throw it to the guards.

Tsukiko bites her lip worriedly but she nods while she keeps walking.

"I hope it works..."

She whispers while the guards smirk at them.

"Aww so he wants to fight...? fine then..."

One of the guards says with the smirk as he takes a step towards them.

"I can't wait to kill you..."

Natsu looks at the guards and raises his heads showing his face with a evil smirk.

"Heh...now...run."

He whispers right before he runs to the guards and he raises his left arm right infront of him and the blade shoots out his sleeve to confuse the guards that he's going to attack.

"Hmph."

When Natsu's not far from the guards he throws the smoke bomb to the ground and then grabs Tsukiko's hand.
The guards are all in the smoke from the smokebomb and Natsu runs as fast as he can past the guards.