Erza and Gray tread their way carefully over the mountain, carefully watching for anything that could hinder their way. Meanwhile, Happy continued to attempt to keep up with Natsu who was already racing down the opposite side. Happy would grimace a few times as he saw Natsu slip and fall, but Natsu would continue to defy the pain shooting through his legs and arms and continued on. He heard a distant shout;

"NATSU. STOP RUNNING SO CARELESSLY!"

"The slower we go the less chance we have of waking Lucy up!" Natsu replied fiercly, and he continued to sprint down.

"Idiot! If you fall and break your neck how is that going to help anybody?!" Gray cried after him, yet Natsu ignored him.

I'm not stupid enough to throw away my chance of finding Tortura myself, idiot, Natsu thought, irritated. I want to be the one to beat the reverse controls out of her!

Happy looked at him, his eyes full of concern over his friend, but then looked away, flying beside him and saying nothing.
He knows there's no point in trying to stop me, Natsu thought to himself. Because nothing will stop me!


Mira bit her lip as Lucy's fever hightened yet again. The whole bar had been plunged into silence as they found out the news, and even now the whole atmosphere it previously had had died out. Cana wasn't drinking; but instead reading her cards frustratedly.

Elfman and Lisanna were murmuring quietly among themselves. Juvia was worrying over both Gray and Lucy. Gajeel was comforting an upset Levy and Loke was sat at a table; his face buried beneath his hands with worry. Mira wished she cold comfort him somehow, but that didn't seem possible at the current time.

Worst of all, even Laxus didn't have anything productive, or even sarcastic, to say. Infact, Mira could've sworn she saw him check in on Lucy at one point since they came back. But Laxus would have been to proud to admit he was concerned about her. But, it seemed, everyone loved and respected Lucy. The guild had been more calm, more arranged and definitely closer than it was before. Mira shook her head and smiled as she remembered the state the old guild had been in. She continued to wipe down the bar surface, before Warren burst in, his eyes widened.

"Everyone! Erza contacted me! They've reached the magic council lair!"
Mira smiled, her hand stopping the motion of wiping the side, "hurry back soon, Natsu." She whispered.


A/N: Ahh! I'm really, really sorry I haven't written a long chapter, and that I haven't uploaded one for weeks! School has just come back and slapped me right across the face. I promise I'll make more of an effort to keep up though. So, yeah. This chapter is mostly just a piece showing the guild's true feelings about the incident. They really do care, don't they? :3

Also, sorry if they seem OOC, but I just thought that their reactions were just waaay to cute when I played them out in my mind. Especially Laxus. Aww, bless him.