No one heard her except for the fire mage. He sniffed the air, looking at her.

"Jade? Why do you seem so familiar to me," the fire mage finally said.


"Huh? You two know each other," Lucy intervened.

"Juvia is so confused," the water mage said.

"I'm with Juvia for once," the ice mage sighed.

"GRAY-SAMA! I knew you felt this way for me," Juvia exclaimed, glopping onto the ice mage.

As Gray attempted to remove Juvia from himself, the fire mage walked closer to Jade. When he was in front of her, he did the unspeakably. He punched her straight in the face, knocking Jade flat onto her back.

"NATSU! WHY DID YOU PUNCH HER," Lucy exclaimed, freaking out.

"Heh heh... You thought that a little punch would take me out," Jade said, slowly getting up from her position.

Lucy began to panic, fearing what would happen to Jade and Natsu.

"FIGHT ME," Jade shouted, launching herself at Natsu.

Natsu smirked, realizing that this girl was familiar to him. Just as Jade was about to tackle him, he engulfed her in a hug. Jade, realizing what happened, attempted to get out of his hug.

"L-let me go! I said that I wanted to fight you! Lemme go," Jade said, squirming in Natsu's arms.

"Jade? Do you remember me," Natsu said in a calm tone.

Lucy was just about to pass out, hearing Natsu speak calmly for once. Finally, Gray was able to get Juvia off of him. Gray looked at Natsu hugging Jade.

"Oi, flame head. Why are you hugging her," Gray said, stripping his clothes.

"Juvia wants to be hugged by Gray-sama," Juvia said sadly.

"Ahh! Your clothes," Jade yelled, freaking out.

Gray looked at himself.

"Eh? Ahh! My clothes," Gray shouted.

Lucy paled, thinking that this was possibly the worst way to introduce themselves to someone. Jade squirmed in Natsu's arms.

"P-please... L-lemme go...," Jade whimpered.

Natsu felt bad and let Jade go, who quickly backed away from Natsu.

"D-do you really not remember me," Natsu asked sadly.

Jade began to sniffle.

"I-I'm sorry. I really d-don't remember you... I have amnesia," Jade whimpered.

Lucy perked up at this.

"Wait! You don't remember anything," Lucy exclaimed.

Jade winced at her sudden outburst.

"I-I don't remember anything past... Um... July 7, X776," Jade said, scratching her head, attempting to remember something.

"That's the same time when Igneel left! Well, one year too early," Natsu exclaimed.

"Wait... Who's Igneel," Jade asked, looking into Natsu's eyes.

"He's a really cool dragon that taught us fire magic," Natsu exclaimed.

"Igneel taught you two," Lucy asked.

"Yeah! Jade made the lessons really fun," Natsu boasted.

"Um guys? Not to interrupt anything, but what about Erza," Gray butted in.

"ERZA," Lucy exclaimed, totally forgetting about her.

"Oh yeah... Jade! Do you know where she is," Natsu asked, shaking Jade back and forth.

"Ugh! S-stop shaking m-me! I'm gonna puke," Jade exclaimed, turning a bit green.

"Oh yeah. Sorry! Forgot that you had that too," Natsu said sheepishly.

"Isn't Erza a traitor though," Jade asked after calming down.

"WHAT?! ERZA ISN'T A TRAITOR," Lucy exclaimed.

"Eh? That's what they told me," Jade said while shrugging.

"You mean your 'family'," Lucy asked slowly.

"Yeah. Oh no...," Jade said, sinking to her knees.

"What," Gray asked.

"I'm soooooo dead," Jade mumbled into the sand after faceplanted herself onto the beach.

"Um... Why," Natsu asked.

"Um... Maybe it's because I was supposed to neutralize you guys after you guys were taken out... And maybe it's because we are all probably going to die...," Jade finally said after sitting up.

"Woah... Hold up," Gray said with his hands in the air.

Jade looked at him.

"Are you trying to be all gangster on us," Jade asked with a serious face.

Everyone except for Gray and Juvia laughed at this.

"Hey! I was just saying...," Gray replied with a tint of red on his face.

"So what's happening? You have lost Juvia again," Juvia sighed.

"Um... So the guy in charge plans on using Erza as a living sacrifice and something is fishy with the tower," Jade confessed.

"WHAT," Lucy exclaimed before passing out.

"And that flying blue cat... My sis wants to keep it," Jade mumbled.

"Happy is mine. No one else's," Natsu growled.

"So... Shall we go now? I'm probably considered a traitor now to my 'family', but we should get going now... I have a bad feeling bout this," Jade said before carrying Lucy over her shoulder.