Anyone else realize Bixlow doesn't have a known last name? 0.o
"Nah. If anyone tried to kill Salamander and Bunny Girl it's take a hell amount of time." A deep voice said, but it wasn't Jay. I whipped my head around, coming face-to-face to a very tall man with black hair, red eyes and metal studs on his face and arms.
"Please don't tell anyone." I begged quietly.
"He probably won't." Jay told me. "That's my dad Gajeel, Dad, this is Nashi."
Gajeel had no reaction, and I realized that both he and Jay have the same poker face, which is something I'll bring up later. "But you don't know that." I told Jay, then looked at Gajeel. "And while that's probably true, you don't know the person that took them. It wouldn't take 'em long to kill my parents."
"I dunno... Salamander's pretty good about getting himself out of problematic situations... And Bunny Girl ain't that bad herself." He explained.
"Maybe..." I put my head down on the table, thinking about what Gajeel had just said, then I thought about all the times they came near death, yet came out on top. It helped make me feel better slightly, but there's the possibility that that man is using something to restrain their magic so they can't fight back. There's no way to tell. Plus, it's not just my parents, but my brother too.
"He~y~! Ne~w gir~l~!" A woman slurring her voice shouted, clearly drunk, saving me from the rest of the conversation. "Co~me here~!"
I got up, Jay calling after me saying that her name is Cana.
Once I was over there, I looked up at Cana. Her face was flushed and she was looking around frantically. "Ne~w gir~l~!" She yelled again.
"Yes?" I answered.
"New girl~" She gasped, gathering me in a really tight hug, shoving my face into her chest, proving it difficult to breath. "Mira~! I~ f~ound her~!" She let go, but held me at my shoulders at arm's distance. "Why~ do you~ loo~k like Nats~u and Lucy~ but as one per~s~on~?" She asked loudly, silencing everyone again. Seriously, this has got to be some kind of record!
"Who are they?" I asked dumly, wishing I had the courage to tell them they're my parents and where they are.
"No one." A short woman with blue hair whispered sadly. "Just some friends we used to know."
"They died a long time ago." A man yelled angrily.
"Laxus, please." Mira exclaimed, hugging him, trying to calm him down.
It was too late though. The smell of salty tears had filled the room and it was enough to make me dizzy. I could some of the other Dragon Slayers in the room sit down because of the smell, having the same problem I was. People were whispering about how it was probably true and that they've been missing so long it's probably true.
"No." Erza said in a stern voice. "We will not give up on them. Though it has been a while, this is Natsu and Lucy we're talking about! They would never let that happen."
Suddenly, just like that, the crying stopped (Though the smell stayed .) and it was replaced with smiles and cheers of agreement and encouragement. I knew what I had to do. No more waiting. I'm going to find them without telling the guild what was going on. Hopefully the others won't follow and Gajeel will keep his mouth shut. But either way, I leave tomorrow. With or without help.
An hour later, I left the guild and went to Mom and Dad's old place in the forest. Happy and Carla currently live there, and they let me stay. Happy must've cried for the whole night. Telling him that I'm leaving tomorrow probably didn't help. I cried myself to sleep, plagued by thoughts of my family
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