Lucy and Layla were at the restaurant and were enjoying some mother and daughter quality time together. Natsu arrived at the restaurant like Lucy asked, but he was hesitant to go in there. Lucy spotted him and went over to him. Both of them stepped outside to talk.

"Hey. You're on time for once." Lucy said.

"Yeah." Natsu said as he seemed a little nervous about something and Lucy could tell.

"You okay?" Lucy asked. Natsu wasn't sure what to do.

"Am I doing the right thing?" Natsu asked.

"What do you mean?" Lucy asked.

"I was there when your father died." Natsu said. "He died trying to help me out. I promised him that I would leave you out of all this so you would be protected. I'm breaking that promise."

"I thought we agreed we wouldn't let that stop us." Lucy said.

"Yeah, but I feel like your father keeps haunting me." Natsu said. "I thought I could do this, but now I'm starting to wonder if I'm really doing the right thing." Both of them knew this would be a problem, but Lucy was thinking differently.

"I thought it meant that you love me." Lucy said.

"I do." Natsu said. "I do, but what if something happens to you because of me? You knowing who I am is already a big risk. I don't know how to handle this." This has been going on for months. Lucy was willing to take the chance, but Natsu obviously isn't and she's not having it anymore.

"Maybe I can make it easier." Lucy said. "You have done this to me again and again. I thought you were willing to take the chance like I was, but I'm tired of this little struggle of yours. Obviously you don't care enough to give to take the risks. I'm done with it. You go fly around, breathe fire, and fight all you want. I just won't be around anymore for it." Looks like Lucy made the decision for him. He doesn't have to risk losing her life, but he loses her love. Natsu was about to talk more about this, but he looked down the street and saw some suspicious looking people. Lucy looked down and noticed the thugs as well. "Looks like you need to go."

"Yeah." Natsu said as he hated for things to end like this.

"Of course." Lucy said as she figured this would happen. She's thinking that it's probably better this way. Lucy went back in and Natsu had no choice, but to let her go to keep his promise no matter how much he hated it. At the moment, he had bad guys to take care of.

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The Thugs

A group of about six guys were sneaking their way to the art museum. They snuck in through the back to try and steal all the art. They made it through a storage room and was right in the gallery.

"Okay. Split up and take what you can. We got to get in and get out while we can." One of them said and they split up. Two went one way, three went another, and one of them went upstairs. As the thieves tried to steal the art, one of them stopped to admire a piece.

"What do you think this piece of art means?"

"Who cares? Just grab it and let's get going."

"I know, but it makes you think. What does it mean?"

"It means I'm going to punch you in the face."

"What?" The thief didn't recognize that voice and when he turned around, he was punched across the face and slammed against the display. The other thief turned to him.

"Dragon-Man!" Natsu flipped back and drove his feet against him and knocked him down. The other thief tried to get back up, but Natsu grabbed him by the collar and drove his knee into his gut.

"Thanks to you guys, my dinner plans are ruined." Natsu said and gave him a good right hook across the face. He hit the display again and knocked him out. The other thief tried to fight him as he swung a fist at him, but Natsu grabbed his arm and slammed him against the floor. Natsu lifted him back up and gave him a strong uppercut that knocked him down. Natsu spread his wings and went to the upper color for the guy who went solo.

"This looks like a nice piece." The thief said as he reached for another piece of art, but Natsu flew in and grabbed him.

"How about you take a closer look." Natsu said as he dropped the thief near a sculpture and he landed right on his head to knock him out. The remaining three looked up and spotted him.

"It's Dragon-Man! Shoot him!" The three of them pulled out guns and tried to shoot at him, but Natsu flew around and used the upper floor as cover. "Get up there and after him!" The other two went up the stairs. They were ready to shoot when they made it up there, but they saw no sign of him.

"Where'd he go?"

"He's around here somewhere." Both of them stayed close as they kept their eyes open for him. "Where is he?"

"Here!" Natsu called out as he flew at them and got his legs around the head of one. He twisted his body and have him fall over the railing and hit the floor pretty hard.

"Get away from me, you freak." The other thief said. The other guy tried to shoot at him, but Natsu spat out some fire and it burned the thief's hand that he dropped the gun. Natsu pounded him in the head a few times. The guy tried to fight back, but Natsu ducked down and swept the leg to knock the guy down. Natsu jumped and slammed his feet down on the thief's gut and knocked him out as well.

"One to go." Natsu said as he looked down at the last one as he tried to help the other guy. "Isn't that sweet. A bad guy that actually cares. You don't see that every day." The last thief tried to shoot at him, but Natsu jumped down and flew around. He flew in a circle until he came at the thief and tackled him before he could shoot.

"You're not taking us to jail." He said as he kept trying to fight back, but Natsu pounded him right across the face. Natsu moved behind him and knocked him right in the head and knocked him out as well with him falling next to his partner. Natsu looked around and saw all of them were down and out and there didn't seem to be any of them left.

"This might not be art, but I like it." Natsu said.

"Heh." Natsu heard someone laugh and looked around to see where it came from. "Up here." Natsu looked up and saw someone sitting up on the rail and it was a bit of a sight to behold to some. It was a girl with white hair in a long ponytail and a black mask over her eyes. She wore black heel shoes with black and purple stripped leggings. She had black gloves that reached to her shoulders and wore a black leather bikini-like outfit with straps connecting the top and bottom from the sides and connected to her legs. "You got some nice moves….for a dork in tights."

"Are these guys yours?" Natsu asked.

"Please. As if I hang with losers." The girl said as she turned around and was on her way out.

"Wait." Natsu said as he unleashed his wings and flew after her. Natsu hurried after her for he wanted to know who she was. Natsu made it to the door and barged out with him on the roof, but he didn't see her. "Where did she go?" He looked around for her, but spotted her as she made it to the roof of another building. "How did she make it over there and in those shoes?" Natsu flew after her and saw she was using gymnastics and acrobatics to help her move through nearby buildings. "Come back

"Don't you have an ambulance to chase or something?" The girl asked.

"I could, but I have a feeling this could be more interesting." Natsu said. She ran down one building and Natsu tried to cut her off as he breathed out some fire and stopped her from going anywhere.

"So you like to play with fire? So do I." The girl said. Natsu landed down on the roof to try and talk to her.

"Now talk." Natsu said.

"Why do that when we can skip straight to the good part." The girl said as she leaped at him and kicked him to knock him down.

"Should have seen that coming." Natsu said as he got back up. The girl jump over him like a game of leap frog, but Natsu turned to her and grabbed her arm before she could escape. "I'm not through with you."

"So you like to play rough as well. That's just how I like to play." The girl said. She leaped at him again and latched herself on him. She grabbed Natsu's head and actually pressed it against her breast. Natsu tried to push her off, but her grip was like iron. "You okay? Can you "breathe" in there?" Natsu couldn't really, but he wasn't giving up. He used his strength and was able to shake her off and got her off of him. Natsu catch his breath as he took deep breaths.

"What was that?!" Natsu said, but when he turned to her, she was running again. "Come back!" He flew after her again as she kept moving around.

"I also like to play hard to get." The girl said.

"That's fine because chase is my favorite game." Natsu said as he continued to fly after her. The girl jumped off from one building and went behind another. Natsu went after her, but he lost sight of her. "Now where did she go?"

"Here!" The girl jumped him again and tackled him down to another building's roof. The two of them rolled against it until they stopped with her having him pinned down. She placed her legs around his head and kept her down. Natsu has never been in a position like this before and it was making him feel uncomfortable. "You sure know how to keep a girl moving."

"Would you get off me?!" Natsu said as he was feeling embarrassed. "This is a very….awkward position."

"What? Are you saying you never had a girl's lap in your face before?" The girl asked.

"Not really." Natsu said.

"Okay." The girl said as she repositioned herself so that she straddled him around the waist instead of around the head. She lowered herself down so she could look him right in the face. "Is this better?"

"Um…. I…. Uh…" Natsu wasn't really sure what to say. "I meant get off me entirely."

"Why?" The girl said as she lowered her face even more with their lips nearly touching. "This way can make you feel much more pleased." Natsu acted like a kid and got spooked when he thought she was going to kiss him. He pushed her off and got back up.

"Enough! What was that? Were you actually flirting and seducing me?" Natsu questioned.

"Maybe." The girl said.

"Don't play around with me." Natsu said. "Tell me the truth. Were those guys yours or not back at the art museum?"

"I just told you that they weren't." The girl said. "I was just in the right place at the right time."

"Dressed like that? You're not like normal girls, aren't you?" Natsu said.

"Honey, this is New York. You've got to expect some crazy stuff." She said as she walked over to him. "You're not so normal yourself. Those guys at the gallery were losers, but I'm glad I was there. One caught my eyes." She said as she walked around and traced her finger around him. "I like what I see." She said as she backed away and Natsu wasn't really sure what to think now.

"Wait. At least tell me who you are." Natsu said.

"I'm Seduce. See you around." She said as she leaned back and fell off the building.

"Wait!" Natsu said as panicked and went after her, but when he looked down, she disappeared. "Seduce?" Natsu already had one girl causing problems, but now it seems like he's got two.

AN: I want to make it clear right now incase people get the wrong idea. Seduce is NOT Mirajane or Lisanna. She is OC.