Disclaimer: I claim no rights over any of the characters portrayed in this story. They belong to Hiro Mashima and I am merely borrowing them for a while. I promise to give them back.

Chapter 4

Missing Limb

Natsu sprawled across the table and put his head down.

"I don't feel sick. I just keep getting distracted and stuff."

"And this has been going on for a while?" Gray pressed.

"Only the past couple days."

Gray thought hard. He was no doctor but he'd once read a book about a doctor.

"Did anything different happen around that time? Did you eat anything weird or something?"

Natsu shook his head.

"Lucy left on a mission a couple of days ago." Happy added helpfully. "She said it would be really boring for us but it paid enough for her rent."