Hey, guys, DandelionTwins here with a newest edition of Finding Lucy? Thanks for reviewing and reading my story! I'm still getting used to Fanfiction so I just learned you have to put the page breaks and your comments before submitting the chapter. Blonde moment! (I don't even have blonde hair... it must be the highlights!) Also, I'm going to update this story on a weekly basis if not sooner, just depends how busy I am. Did you guys see the new opening and closing for the Fairy Tail Anime? Well, I did, and I loved it!

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.:Present Time:.

"Sir, I'm not at liberty to tell you about-," The attendant for the train stated for umpteenth time in a row. He squirmed under the glare he was receiving from a very stubborn guy with a… cat?

"I'll give you one more chance. Where did my friend, Lucy, go?" Natsu repeated while standing in front of a desk where tickets were given. That day he had left with Happy to find where Lucy went after taking his leave from Fairy Tail temporarily. He had been following her trail until this idiot slowed him down. Turning his eyebrows down in frustration, the dragon slayer clutched the other man's collar of his shirt," This time tell me what train she took or I'll burn you into ashes." Natsu hissed with a terrifying look of agitation that could probably rival Aquarius's. That was how stressed he was.

"Natsu!" Happy exclaimed in disbelief. "You should let go of him! Would Lucy approve of that if she was here?" He said in an attempt to get Natsu to let go of the poor attendant. Happy knew that Natsu really didn't mean harm, but he could lose his composure if something was happening to his one of his friends. Especially at this time.

The Salamander's eyes had widened as he took in what his best friend's words. With a tired sigh, Natsu relaxed his grip on the blue material of the man's collar which he later let go of. "Sorry," He apologized while casting his eyes downward in embarrassment.

Regardless of what the pink haired youth had tried to make up for, the damage had already been done to the poor dark haired guy. "I-I-I saw her take a ticket to the Graireson region, basically eastward of here." Natsu barely heard him as trembled under his gaze.

Natsu frowned as he fished out enough money for two tickets. He then placed the cash in the man's palm and strolled out with his blue cat at his heels.

What a perplexing fellow, the train attendant thought in response to Natsu's changing mood. He then smiled as something occurred to him, that girl must be lucky to have someone like him that cared so much.

.:Later:.

"Sorry, Happy," Natsu apologized to the blue exceed for his earlier behavior," I don't know what had come over me." He scratched in head as he tried to get comfortable in his train seat for what was going to be a LONG ride for him.

Happy grinned his chesire-like smile in acknowledgement. He began to reply as the train lurched forward, causing Natsu to lurch across the seat in front of him. Now, the dragon slayer resembled a puffer fish with his cheeks as he fought to keep his lunch in by wrapping his arms around his torso.

Happy sighed knowing that he couldn't ask Natsu why Lucy's disappearance had bothered him so MUCH. It had seemed like it… hurt him more than Lissana's supposed death. It was kind of ridiculous since the mission was a bit hard for her take on herself, so it should take some time. His best friend was freaking out much more than he should have. Happy suddenly had a thought occur about his seemingly dense best friend, did Natsu have feelings for Lucy? The blue furred cat contemplated this as he recollected his memories of earlier that occurred that day before they left.

.:Memory of that day:.

"Are you sure you're making the right decision, Natsu?" The old man asked one of his dearest children who stood in front of him with an overwhelming look of distraught.

"Grandpa… I-I-I've had a feeling ever since she's left that something has gone wrong." He then looked at Makarov with a strained smile as he joked," Call it a dragon's sense." Natsu scuffed his black sandal across the floor as he felt pressed for time," I should be back in a two weeks' time." He and Happy had come to notify Fairy Tail of his leaving temporarily.

Makarov then swung his short legs off the bar counter and observed the young man who had grown so much in the two years that Lucy had joined. It seemed that Lucy had brought out the best in him if not everyone. However, his once bright curious eyes now took the lackluster dull of stress. His posture looked horrible as it showed how he was feeling. Dark circles barely traced the bottom of his eyes as a result of a restless sleep at night. "You may go," The guild master dipped his head to further state his answer.

Happy cheered in satisfaction to his permission and flew in sloppy circles. Natsu grinned as clasped Makarov's frail shoulder in his hand," Thanks for understanding, Grandpa."

The pink haired salamander then turned and begin to walk to the guild's exit. However, a hand appeared in front of him as a sign to stop. His black eyes then flickered to the grey eyes in annoyance. It was the Ice Pervert.

"Oi, Natsu!" Grey exclaimed, trying to get his attention as he waved a request paper. "Are you sure you aren't overreacting, flame brain?" The shirtless team mate stiffened up a bit as Titania walked up beside him, most likely wondering the same thing.

"This isn't like you, Natsu." Another voice commented, Lissana had walked up beside the two with her arms across her chest.

"This isn't like Lucy. The Lucy I know wouldn't have taken this long to come, even if she couldn't handle this request." He replied earnestly while looking all of them directly. He knew it seemed strange, but there was something eating him up about Lucy's welfare. Intuition, perhaps?

He snatched the request paper and read it again to see if there was any clues about what might have happened to her:

Mage required.

Reward: 85,000 jewels

Information

We, the people of Noir in the most eastern part of Fiore, require assistance in capturing five recently escaped criminals from our prison. These people are very dangerous, as well as a magic user being among them. Before they were caught, they had formed a dark guild. Things in the town began happening such as missing people, mysteriously changing people, and other occurrences. It is advised you do not take this lightly and take all caution when arriving here. We beg of your help!

Please meet the council in our town hall to find further details.

Natsu frowned as in response of a closer analysis of the request. Why couldn't she have completed this request and came back? She beat that whole Naked Mummy before they took the money from that mercenary guild which bore the origin of her name.

"I just know there isn't something right, sorry, but I can't explain it." The dragon slayer further said impatiently.

The ice mage smirked and submitted into defeat," You were always stubborn when you had your mind set on something, fire trash," Grey then waved his hand in air and casually stated in a way that made him seem like he didn't care," Just make sure you bring her back." He whispered," Back home, safe and sound."

Erza nodded and threatened," If she is not brought back in one piece, I shall administer that." She smiled in a way that made it seem like the face she made and the words she had spoken weren't terrifying at all. Natsu saw through that, and inwardly shuddered.

"You know I will guys." He was going to smoke anybody who hurt Lucy into ashes anyways. Natsu waved and continued on his way. However, to his agitation, that wasn't the only interruption.

"Natsu… you can stay here and wait longer, you know? She can handle herself, and besides why would you leave me here all alone?" Lissana asked in a pleading way. She hadn't spent any time with Natsu since Lucy had been here when she arrived. And she really didn't care for the celestial mage, she just felt a weird emotion about her. Was it… jealousy? Lissana shook her head and fixated her blue eyes on the dragon slayer in hopes of Natsu reconsidering.

To her disappointment he frowned in disgust," Did you not just hear me? She's my best friend like you. And you're fine by yourself. Or you should be." He made a face of confusion and further stated," I guess it's too hard for you to understand." He picked up his pace of walk and left the building with Happy looking back in concern.

She grimaced as she felt humiliation. Why was Lucy more special than his childhood friend? She then bitterly thought, wouldn't it be better if she didn't come back at all?

.:Present Time:.

" Natsu!" A voice shouted next to his ear while in a passed out reverie. He then grunted in discomfort as he felt himself being picked up in the air and pushed through a tight space. An," Oomph," resounded from the poor spikey pink haired male as he hit the concrete ground.

"OI, HAPPY!" Natsu fumed as he dusted off his black vest and Igneel's scarf. "What was THAT for?" He took in the greenery around him and the train station he was now apparently at.

The blue exceed now popped up in front of him while grinning sheepishly with a mischievous twinkle in his eyes. "The train was about to leave and you wouldn't wake up so I did the next best thing. I pushed you out the window." He explained as the sound of a train marching away on the tracks became evident.

Natsu's grimace lifted up into a silly grin as he laughed with his partner. He was happy to still have one of his best friends with or he honestly wouldn't know how to smile.

He continued to chuckle until something caught his eye.

A blonde girl wearing Lucy's favorite shade of sky blue.

The dragon slayer gasped and raced to the girl turned around from him that was talking to a couple of vendors. Had he been worried all this time for nothing?

When he pulled the girl into an embrace thinking it was Lucy, he noticed right away that it wasn't Lucy. For she didn't have Lucy's…um… body, he thought as his face flushed. The pink salamander's face then was smacked really hard in response to the hug.

"UWWAAHHH, PERVERT!" The girl screamed and ran since she just got basically attacked by a stranger. He took into further account that her eyes were green, not Lucy's pretty brown ones.

Natsu decided at that point that he was officially losing his mind.

As he heard Happy who had seen the whole scene fly next to him, he warned him," Not another word, or I'll tell Charles how you really feel about her."

The blue exceed was about to laugh his head off until he heard the threat and kept his teasing to himself, but merely replied," You're malicious, has Lucy been rubbing off on you?"

Natsu ignore his partner while he looked for some hints to where his nakama could have gone. Right now, they were in Fernale, Graireson, but she headed to Noir. Which he had no idea where the heck that was. He then scented the air for her and caught a whiff of her soft floral scent. His nose directed him in a general direction. He opened his eyes to see a boy of roughly teenage age with dusky brown hair to the left of him. Why did he have Lucy's scent on him?

He saw what it was. Lucy's hair ribbon was tied to his arm, barely poking out from under his green sleeves. The younger boy's amber eyes then met with the Salamanders and suddenly looked alarmed. He turned and dashed away from Natsu as if he was hiding something.

"After him, Happy!" Natsu shouted as raced after the boy through gaps in the crowd. "Aye, sir!" Happy replied and flew above to keep track of the boy.

I'll find you soon, Lucy.