Lizzy: Gomen nasai! We are so so so so sorry for the wait! We have summer vacation and the hotels we went to didn't have Microsoft Word!
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Lizzy: I help out with the little thing like fixing spelling mistakes and other stuff. This is one of the reasons we haven't updated in so long.
Brittany: Again we are really sorry.
Lizzy: I wrote this chapter because Brittany, as you can see, is very busy with the new fanfic! But she will help write most of the next chapter! The same rules apply like last time.
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Natsu sniffed the air for the fifteenth million time. He couldn't get enough of her scent, Lucy's scent. He knew she was here, he just knew it. It also helped that her scent was everywhere. The strongest came from all the way in the back. Natsu ran like his life depended on it, well it did. At least Lucy's life did. He had a feeling that if he didn't find Lucy, she would be hurt. It was only a feeling but it fueled Natsu's will to find her. His heart was pounding with an emotion he was completely foreign with. It felt good, like spicy food. It also felt heartwarming, like Lucy's smile. Natsu grinned, oh how he missed that smile. He could finally see it once again, something Natsu had dreamed about seeing. 'Damn, I'm getting too soft.' Natsu thought while shaking his head. He couldn't beat Gray if he was soft, right?
Natsu sniffed the air one last time. His nose lead him to a direction upstairs towards the top. Natsu sped up and reached the it in no time. He wasn't even out of breath.
Natsu looked at the elevator next to him. The numbers where slowly lighting up. At the moment number five was colored in gold. Natsu panicked, this building was only 20 stories high. They would be here in no time.
Natsu ran to the direction his nose told him to. Which was, conveniently, right ahead. His blood was pumping with adrenaline and that strange emotion. He could basically see her scent oozing out of a doorway.
Natsu flung the door open and there stood the person he missed most in his world.
Lucy.
Natsu's heart swelled with that strange emotion.
Lucy stood next to a man. All he could see where the tattoos spiraled around his arms. Lucy turned around and faced Natsu. She looked amazing, even in the dull colored clothes she was wearing. The only color he could see on her were the bright pink gloves on her hands. It was completely different from the usual perky colors she wore.
When she first saw him his heart broke a little. She had a blank stare, no emotions what so ever. Then her face lit up with surprise, relief, guilt, and something Natsu didn't understand why, sadness.
"Lucy!" Natsu yelled.
"Natsu!" Lucy cried.
They ran to each other and it seemed like everything went in slow motion. Lucy reached out to Natsu, Natsu reached out to Lucy. Their fingers just millimeters apart, then everything went fast again. Arms wrapped around Lucy's waist. Lucy screamed in protest. Then she went limp, electric sparks visible around her neck. Smoke emitted around her and she was gone, just like that.
Natsu couldn't believe his eyes. He was so close but it just wasn't enough. It felt like he had been staring at the spot for hours, but in reality it was only a couple of seconds. Then Natsu felt someone kick his back. Growling he turned around to glare at the person. They had a cloak on so Natsu couldn't see anything. It frustrated him to no end.
'Why does so many people where cloaks these days? Are there so many cowards in this world?' Natsu thought. For some reason this guy smelt familiar too.
"What the fuck was that for?" Natsu yelled.
The person didn't respond, but just kept sending attack after attack, causing Natsu to get irritated. A tick mark appeared on his head and he felt like punching the guy's face in, which he did. A girlish scream emitted from the now supposed girl. Natsu raised an eyebrow, he knew that scream, but he just couldn't place where. Then he saw a strand of white hair. Natsu didn't think much of it. Many people have white hair. He felt feathers piercing his skin, then he felt claws scratch him.
'What kind of mage is she?' Natsu thought.
Natsu yelled, "Fire Dragon Roar!" The person was flown back at least 20 feet and crashed through the wall. Natsu knew this fight was over, who can survive a fall like that? Natsu looked out the hole the person left behind. He was shocked at what he saw. The person sprouted wings? WTF? But instead of heading back up like Natsu expected, it spun around and landed in a room which looked like it was on the 7th floor. Natsu got mad, how dare they interupt his search for Lucy! That girl was going to get it now.
Natsu ran down the steps like lightning. On his way he noticed that the elevator lights where on 2 numbers. Apparently the dark guild members where stuck between the floors 15 and 16.
'Suckers!' Natsu thought before heading back down the stairs again. He followed the scent of the familiar girl and wound up in front of a room at the end of a hall way. Natsu kicked the door open but was shocked at what he saw.
Behind bars (A/N: where she should be!) laid a badly burnt Lisanna. When Lisanna saw Natsu she jumped up but quickly sat down once again because of the pain.
"Lisanna? What are you doing here?" Natsu asked, his voice filled with concern and a little bit of irritation. Now he had to worry about Lisanna too. The person probably got away already.
"I was walking down a street and this old man asked me to help him move some furniture around his house. His said his old bones couldn't carry it all. I got in his house and blacked out. Now I'm here. Natsu get me out of here!" Lisanna pleaded.
"Of course." Natsu looked around for a key but couldn't find any. He was hoping that there would be a key hanging on the wall, like in movies. Instead Natsu melted the bars and helped Lisanna out, making sure she didn't touch the melted metal.
"Thank you so much Natsu! My hero!" Lisanna proceeded to planting a kiss on Natsu's cheek. For some reason it didn't have the same effect it used the have on him. Natsu smiled anyways as he put Lisanna on his back.
"How did you get so burned Lisanna?" Natsu asked, looking at her third degree burns on her face, hands, and feet. They looked fresh as if she just got them.
Lisanna paused for a second then answered. "This Lady came in, not too long ago, and she wanted secrets on Fairy Tail. She asked me questions and I refused to answer. Every time I refused she made me hold, lay, or touch something hot or on fire. It hurts so much Natsu!" Lisanna cried into Natsu's shoulder.
"Shhhhh now, it's all going to be alright, I'm here now." Natsu whispered into Lisanna's hair. It comforted her to no end.
"Thanks Natsu, that means a lot." Then she fell asleep, too drained to continue awake.
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Natsu had to get Lisanna to a hospital fast, or at least to Wendy. He regretted not being able to search more for Lucy but a fallen comrade was more important at the moment, Lucy could wait.
Natsu ran out of the hotel fast, making sure that the enemy was still stuck in the elevator on the way ran towards Erza and Gray, who were surrounded by fallen dark mages. Happy flew around Reyn, badgering him to no end. He was asking him questions like:
"What's your name?", "How do you know Lucy?", "Are you really evil? 'Cause you seem really nice." And it kept going on and untill one question caught Reyn's attention.
"Do you know where Reyn is?" Reyn perked up at the sound of his name.
"How do you know my name?" Reyn asked. This caught everyone's attention.
"You're Miyamoto Reyn?" Gray asked, quite surprised.
"Yeah, what about it?" Reyn asked.
"Well we are on a mission to find you and bring you back home." Gray responded.
"Home?"
"Yes, your father assigned us this mission."
"My father?" Now it was Reyn's turn to be surprised. "I thought my family died in a village raid."
"No, not exactly. Your father knows all the details, let's go back to him now."
"No! But what about Lucy?"
"Lucy is gone. I came too late." Natsu interrupted the conversation.
"Why you bastard! Lucy was depending on me to save her! I asked you to do it because I thought you could! But you couldn't! Damn you Natsu!" Reyn yelled, completely enraged. Every body was staring at him like he grew an extra head. Natsu looked down at the floor in shame. "Lucy?" Gray asked bewildered.
"Lucy was here?" Erza asked.
"Yes, Lucy was here. And Natsu was supposed to bring her back, but he failed." Rey growled, his voice laced with venom.
"Don't worry Natsu, we'll find her again." Lisanna encouraged through gritted teeth. She couldn't let them find Lucy, not ever. Reyn lifted his head in shock.
'Shit! Lisanna's here! She'll punish me for sure!' Reyn thought, he was panicking.
"Y-yeah, w-we'll find her for s-sure." Reyn stuttered, saying he was scared was an understatement. Everyone stared at Reyn in surprise. What happened to the angry Reyn? He looks like he just saw a ghost. They ignored him. Maybe he was on his man period, they weren't sure.
"We'll find her Reyn, don't worry." Erza encouraged.
"We'll searched for her till the end of Earthland, and if we don't find her there then we'll go till the end Edolas!" Natsu said with new found confidence. Everyone seemed to perk up, Natsu's speech was just what they needed.
"What if we don't find her?" Lisanna asked.
"Don't you dare say that. We will find her, I guarantee it!" Natsu grinned.
"Of course we'll find her! We'll never stop looking." Gray said with a smirk.
"Absolutely, and if anyone tries to get in our way I will make sure they get the punishment they deserve." Erza pounded her fists together. Everyone shivered, they all knew about Erza's punishments, through experience or not. "Now the only thing we need is a way to get back, the ship left us hours ago."
"There's a speed boat in the back." Lisanna said before she could stop herself.
"How do you know that?" Erza asked suspiciously.
"W-well h-how else d-do you think I g-got on the i-island?" Lisanna stuttered under Erza's glare. Erza eyed her for a minute but decided to drop it.
"A-a boat?" Natsu asked, getting sick just at the thought.
"Aye!" Happy confirmed.
"Oi! Don't get sick just thinking about it!" Gray complained.
"Show us the way, Lisanna." Erza said.
"Well I'll try my best, it's only out of memory so bare with me." Lisanna answered.
"Don't worry Lisanna, I know you can do it!" Natsu encouraged. Lisanna grinned in response. Having Natsu as a boyfriend wasn't half bad. Then Natsu ran ahead, turning when ever Lisanna said to others were running behind them, finding it hard to keep up. Natsu finally reached a room in the hotel that was labeled, 'Boat Room. Cautious: Floor is slippery.'
"Is this it?" Erza asked behind Natsu.
"Yes, this is the one." Lisanna replied.
"Then what are we waiting for? Let's get this hell ride over with." Natsu said, determined not to get sick at the thought of riding a boat. Natsu kicked the door open and stood in awe.
Boat after boat stood neatly beside each other, in what seemed to be something like a garage only 10x bigger. All of them looked shiny and new. Natsu would have been more amazed if it hadn't been that pesky thought floating in his head telling him he would have to ride one of them.
Lisanna grinned inwardly with pride. Her guild always knew how to impress her.
"Wow, they sure are prepared to make a get-away." Gray said in awe. Erza was already heading to one of the boats toward the end, near the garage doors.
"Well are you coming or not?" Erza asked. The boys, including Lisanna, headed after Erza. Natsu put Lisanna in one of the seats and sat down next to her. His hand supporting her back. Gray and Reyn sat behind them. Erza was all the way in the back, manning the motor. Erza took a remote that was laying on the motor with two clear buttons on it. 'Open Doors.' and the other one was, 'Fill Room with Water.' Erza pressed the button that said, 'Open Doors.' the garage doors opened, reveling and clear ocean right in front of them. Then Erza pressed the button that said, 'Fill Room with Water.' The room filled with water, making it so much easier to get out. Erza cut the chains on the boat that connected it to all the others. Then she gunned the motor and sped of into the blue sea, where Lucy and Reyn's dad were waiting for them.
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