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He needed to get himself under control. Natsu stared at the members of the magic council debated his punishment, and knew that anything less than death would be less than he deserved. He had been going from city to city murdering young women in cold blood, his inner dragon was looking for a mate and when the woman turned out to not be it he killed her for wasting his time, so he stalked women both magical and mortal...mostly high school girls between the ages of sixteen and eighteen, which was still creepy considering he was twenty-six. The people were convinced that there was either a cult or a serial killer among them, especially since Natsu always managed not to leave a trace. He was disappointed in himself and his lack of control over his more beastly nature. he couldn't just follow them around and see if they were his mate; no, he just had to sleep with them, and then kill them reveling in the clear fear that was in their eyes. Squeezing their neck until the last breath of life fled their beautiful bodies.

"Please stand for your sentencing," one of the council women commanded.

Natsu stood ready to except whatever the five highly respected magical judges had decided for him. "Natsu Dragneel, you have been found guilty of all charges placed against you and your statement has been taken into consideration." The woman continued speaking for the entire council, "But your punishment will not be death."
"May I inquire as to why?" Natsu asked.
"You cannot help your nature dragon, we do not see it necessary to punish you for what you are." The only male on the council explained, "your sessions with our therapist has revealed that you are looking for a mate and have grown frustrated, thus the cause for your violence towards these women."

"Then what have you chosen to be my fate?" Natsu asked somewhat thankful that a session with a therapist was required before the council was aloud to make a decision.

"You will be exiled for two years with girl after girl of our choosing until you find the girl your looking for, and we will be checking to make sure that they are all still alive and well should you reject them."

"You are going to lock me away with a teenage girl for two years?" He asked finding that he was both confused and horrified.
"The therapist seems to think that this will help with your problem, and we will come to see you every day while she is at school." Another member said, the slight smile playing upon the lips telling him that she found his predicament entertaining .

Natsu bit back the hiss that had arisen from his anger, and opted for clenching and un-clenching his fists instead. "You brought this upon your self." She smirked.

"What about the girl's family?" Natsu asked, "I do not want to be responsible for taking the life of someone's daughter again."
"Don't worry she won't be missed."

"What does that mean?" Natsu asked not liking how the council woman had responded to his concerns.
"It means its nothing for you to concern yourself with." The amused woman snapped and with that he was escorted from the court room.

Lucy looked at her surroundings carefully before she went into the small corner store; there wasn't any alarms or cameras so if the person behind was a bum she could shove a lot of stuff into her bag, but it wouldn't matter much since she had it on good word that a few of the local bad asses were going to rob the place.

"Can I help you?" The guy behind the counter demanded glaring at her.
"Do you have a lady's room in here? she asked, "there isn't one at the train station."
He glared at her a while longer and gave her a key, "down the back hall." He grumbled lighting a cigarette.

She didn't have to wait long; she waited three minutes then emerged to find the guy behind the counter being held at gun point by three guys in masks. "What the hell?" One of the attackers yelled pulling out a knife and pointing it at her.
"Take it easy boys," she said holding up her hands, "I'm just here to steal some snacks so that I can catch my train and continue running away."

"Just snacks?" Another boy asked and Lucy nodded, "take what you want and get out." The one holding the gun commanded her.

Lucy quickly stuffed her bags with food and a couple of the souvenir hats and hoodies,and walked back out into the cold night air. "Looks like another foster kid is running away from that shelter." She heard the guy with the gun say as the door closed behind her.

Lucy did the right thing and notified the proper authorities of the robbery in progress when she arrived back at that train station, and shortly after that the train arrived. She didn't know where she was going, but anywhere was better than that shelter for unruly foster children. She sat at the back of the train car out of sight of the few other passengers, I'll get more than one city away. She decided that way if she was reported missing they wouldn't be able to find her. Lucy pulled out one of her books to read; she was fond of romance and science fiction novels, and dreamed of someday adding her name to the long line of successful authors.

AN:Please R&R :)

Love Found- Inuyasha, (Sess/Rin)

House- Teen Titans, (Rob/Star, and other parings.)-Delayed