Firenze

The assassin nods slightly.

"Keeping an eye on him....hmm alright.
Well the letter to him when he wakes up.
It was nice to meet you Tsukiko."

Natsu turns on his side and yawns.

"Pocky?"

He whispers when he opens his eyes and slowly sits up while rubbing his eye.

"H-Hmmm?
Oh..it was just a dream..phew.."

Natsu looks around and yawns again.

"Tsukiko?"

Tsukiko nods with a grin.

"Alright nice to meet you too! umm.... may I get your name?"

She asks with a raised eyebrow but turns back inside when she hears Natsu's voice.

"I'm at the door!"

The assassin nods.

"I am....bakka."

He says with a kind smile and Natsu slowly moves to the edge of the bed.

"Mwaaah..okay!"

Natsu jumps off the bed and stretches his arms.

"Well..give him that letter..Natsu' girlfr-
I mean...Tsukiko."

Tsukiko looks confused when he says the name as if she has never heard of that name before but she smiles with a nod.

"Alright! cya later Bakka!"

She says with a grin before closing the door and she turns back to the living room but she see's that Natsu is up and she immediately runs into the bedroom.

"You shouldn't be up... you need to rest..."

Tsukiko says with a pout while she crosses her arms.

Natsu looks suprised when he sees her running into the bedroom.

"Ah..i see you've changed your clothes."

He says with a small smile but chuckles.

"I am already up so yea...besides it's boring to sleep all day."

Natsu sits back on the bed and lays down.

"But..i am still tired..so yea..guess your right.
So who was that?"

Tsukiko cracks a smile when he notices she changed her outfit but she pouts again while she keeps her arms crossed.

"Doesn't matter... you need it..."

She says but smiles when he get's back into the bed and she sits down on the bed.

"Good.... oh.... he said his name was Bakka.... he left a letter for you... and like everyone else he thinks I'm your girlfriend..."

Tsukiko says with a sigh and she holds the letter out for him.

Natsu chuckles when he hears the name.

"Bakka?
Heh...i think i know that guy..."

He thought out loud but shrugs when he takes the letter.

"But you are...my girlfriend..right?"

Natsu says with a wink and chuckles before he looks down at the letter.
He opens it and reads it.

"Hmmmmm..."

======

Dear Natsu.

I've come to the conclusion that you should become a 2nd class assassin.
Your personality, actions are the things i like most about you.
That's why i want you to leave this place next year.

- Mugen.
======

Natsu looks suprised when he's done reading the letter.

"Oh....."

Tsukiko smiles when he says he might know him but she blushes in embarrassment at what he says next.

"I-I don't know! you said a girlfriend was a girl who a guy loves and that they make boyfriend and girlfriend.... I don't even know what love is!"

She exclaims embarrassed and she pouts with a flustered look on her face. But she looks confused at his reaction after reading the letter and she looks worried.

"Is it a letter with good news... or bad news...?"

Tsukiko asks looking really worried and she ends up biting her lip.

Natsu looks up at her in suprise and a soft smile goes across his face.

"Do you like being with me Tsukiko?"

He asks with the same smile before he looks back at the letter and slowly looks back at her.

"If you do...then your going to stay with me for a bit longer.
Because...I am going on a journey next year and i like you to come with me."

Natsu says with a warm smile and chuckles.

"It's alright...i am just going on a journey for a few weeks..somekind of training."

Tsukiko looks at him surprised at his question but she nods.

"Y-Yea.... I do..."

She says with a worried expression but she looks at him even more surprised at his offer and she grins.

"Of course I'll come!!.... I-If it's not too much trouble..."

Tsukiko starts excitedly but looks a little embarrassed again towards the end but she looks confused at what he says next and shrugs.

"Guess it's something all assassin's have to go through right? I'm sure you'll pass through it like a breeze!"

She says with a grin while she tilts her head cutely.

Natsu sits up with a happy expression and hugs her tightly.

"That's great!"

He slowly let's go with a small smile.

"I am happy that your coming with me."

Nastu says with a warm smile and lays down again.

"Yea..something like that.
Thanks i am sure I'll pass through like a breeze."

He says with a grin and closes his eyes.

Tsukiko looks surprised when Natsu hugs her tightly and she blushes even more.

"Y-Your welcome... but really.... did you think I was going to say no...?"

She asks with a chuckle but looks a little upset when he let's go for a few seconds before hiding it behind a grin.

"of course you will...."

Tsukiko says in encouragement and pumps her fist in air as if she is rooting for him.

Natsu opens his eyes and chuckles when he sees her punching her fist in the air.

"Heh..yea..umm..but i didn't think you would say no.
I am just happy that your going with me."

He says with a warm smile before he closes his eyes halfway.

"It's going to be pretty fun.."

a happy expression goes across his face before he yawns.

"Mwaaaaah...but...i am going to stay in bed today...you too?
I can see that your still tired."

Natsu says with a soft smile but he raises his eyebrow.

"By the way..i saw you were pretty upset a few seconds ago...something wrong?"

Tsukiko smiles at him warmly but nods at what he says he was going to stay in bed today.

"Yea guess I'll stay in bed too... but I'm guessing that we have to do more then clothes shopping tomorrow if we're going to be gone for a few weeks.."

She says with another warm smile but she looks shocked when he mentioned her expression and she smiles weakly.

"I-It wasn't anything important.... j-just err..... it was just...... a bad memory from my past that suddenly came into my head.... nothing to worry about...."

Tsukiko says with a bright smile trying to cover up the truth before standing up.

"Well now... you need your rest.... I'll see you when you awake later...."

She says with a warm and comforting smile before she takes a step away towards the living room.

Natsu chuckles and nods.

"I see..a bad memory..well i hope it's out of your head now.
But yea we got to do a lot more shopping..but that journey will start next year..but..we can go sooner if you want to."

He says with a soft smile but sits up and grabs her hand when she takes a step to the living room.

"Wait...weren't you going to stay in bed?"

Natsu whispers while holding her hand.

Tsukiko shrugs when he says they could leave sooner and she looks over her shoulder at him with a smile.

"It's your mission.... if you want to leave early... then we can leave early... but I think we should stay for Christmas atleast.... it's the holidays and I'm sure your friends here would like to have a big celebration before we leave...."

She says with another smile before turning back to the living room and her eyes widen when he grabs her hand and she blushes.

"B-But your wounded.... so you need the bed... so I thought I'd just go nap in the chair..."

Tsukiko says before looking back at him with an innocent expression.

Natsu holds her hand tightly and looks up at her with a soft smile.

"I need the bed...but so do you.."

He looks at the space next to him before he looks back at her.

"Just sleep next to me..okay?"

Natsu asks while tilting his head but nods.

"But sure we can stay here when it's Christmas..we will leave..like a few days after that."

Tsukiko blushes a little more when she feels him tighten his grip on her hand but she gulps before looking towards the space next to him when he does and nods at his next statement.

"Kay..."

She whispers but looks down while biting her lip worriedly.

"Can I atleast change back into the shirt I wore last night...?"

Tsukiko asks while tilting her head cutely with a curious expression.

Natsu nods with a happy expression when she agree's to sleep next to him.

"Sure!
But i don't know where you left it...but...it should be around here right?"

He says with a soft smile while he loosens his grip on her hand so that she can search for the shirt.

"Maybe it's in the living room?"

Natsu asks with the same smile.

Tsukiko looks surprised to see how happy he was just because she said yes and she nods with a warm smile.

"I think I left it there two... I'll be right back..."

She says in a comforting tone before taking her hand away and turns away to the living room with a deep shade of blush on her cheeks and she goes into the living room and looks around for the shirt. She soon finds it where she left her cloak and she quickly goes into the bathroom and changes into it. She then puts the outfit she was wearing in her leather pouch that she had in the living room and she takes a deep breath to calm down and the blush quickly disappears and she goes back into the bedroom and goes to the other side of the bed pulling some of the covers down and she fits herself into the bed with a slight blush of embarrassment.

"Happy?"

Natsu waits until she's ready and lays down when she comes back and moves to her when she pulls some of the covers.

"Yea..i really am happy.."

He whispers with a happy expression before he moves ot his side so that his cheek is on the pillow.

"Sweet dreams..."

Natsu says with a warm smile and closes his eyes but stays awake.

Tsukiko looks at him surprised when he says he was really happy but she smiles at him with a warm smile while she also turns to her side so that her cheek is on the pillow.

"Sweet dreams...."

She whispers before she too closes her eyes and slowly drifts into sleep thinking he did the same.

Natsu opens his eyes halfway and he looks at her with a soft smile.

"Tsukiko...i am glad i brought you with me."

He whispers in a soothing tone before he closes his eyes and also falls asleep.
Natsu sleeps for 6 hours but when he wakes up he still has his eyes closed not noticing his hand on Tsukiko's stomach.

"Mwaaaaah...."

six hours later Tsukiko continues to sleep but it looks like she is in pain and she begins breathing heavily making her stomach move up and down with her breathing. But the pain slowly resides and a calm look goes across her face and her breathing slows.

"Natsu...."

She whispers in her sleep before her hand falls onto the arm of his hand that happens to be on her stomach.

Natsu looks at her suprised when he sees she's in pain but a small smile goes across his face when she calms down but he looks at her hand that's on his arm and he moves very close to her face.

"Hey...Tsukiko are you alright?
Are you..dreaming about.....me?"

He asks when he pokes her fore head trying to wake her up.

"Tsukiko?"