Demons of the Past
Chapter 9:
Searching
...Earthland...
"There's one here, here and here but it seems the land mass it was on has since aroded away," said Aries, pointing at the last three locations.
"Okay," said Levy, drawing a cross where she pointed "That's all? Then we've got an idea of where to look. Thanks, Aries, you can go back to the Spirit World now,"
Aries disappeared in a puff of pink clouds and was replaced by Leo almost instantly. He looked at the map before looking at his guildmates.
"You guys got a plan or what?" he asked.
"Seems we should split into groups and search each location," said Erza "Lucy, Loke and-"
"Let me stop you there," interrupted Leo "My father is a cruel and dangerous demon that you guys don't know how to handle. I, at least, know his fighting moves, not to say I can best him, but it would be best if a single team went to checkout every location,"
Everyone was silent as interrupting Erza was practically a death sentence. Leo began to look sheepish in the anticipation of her reaction.
"Loke..." everyone began to feel doomed as she spoke "That... is probably a better idea," everyone almost died at the sudden tone of acknowledgement "You, Lucy, Natsu, Gray, myself and Wendy will go. Levy, you stay here to coordinate our efforts and Cana, you use your cards to decide which spot we should search first,"
"Hang on there!" Carla suddenly exclaimed "If this Claec person is so dangerous, then I'm not letting Wendy go! For goodness' sake, she's a child! On top of that, she's recovering from a nasty cold but was too studdorn to even tell anyone she was sick!"
Wendy had been sitting in the corner but got up when Carla began insisting she'd stay behind.
"I-I'm f-fine... I was sick but... I-I'm already b-better! A-A-A-" Wendy began to wrinkle her nose as a sneeze began to emerge "AAAAAH-CHOOOOOOO!" and there was a gust of hurricane winds.
Everyone held onto something as the winds blew and everything was blown back. When it was over, Wendy sniffed and Mirajane took her away to take care of her as she recovered from her cold.
"Well then..." Erza said and looked for a replacement for Wendy "Ah, Lisanna, a Take-Over Mage could be useful on this mission and... Juvia! Your Water Magic should help strengthen Gray's attack if we run into Claec,"
Lisanna couldn't exactly say no but she was nervous about her relationship with Natsu coming up. The two secretly exchanged a glance at each other but he seemed calmer than she was. Natsu always was more laid back than her.
With a snap of his fingers, Leo resumed his human form as Loke and hid the source of his Regulus magic in his ring (as he did during his banishment). Cana threw her cards at the map to decide where they should go first. And so... they were off. Leo, or Loke (since he was undercover again), never thought he would ever purposely go looking for his father. As they walked away from the Guild Hall, he nervously rubbed his thumb over his ring. The ring was an heirloom from his mother's side that he held dear to his heart. Ever since her disappearance, Loke had kept it with him because it made him feel close to her.
Lisanna fiddled with her fingers as she walked behind Natsu along the stone road. Happy was sitting on his head with his paws over his mouth to hide his giggles. If only the blue Exeed hadn't looked out the window when Natsu kissed her hello when she came for a date. After that, he wouldn't let it go! It took a lot of fish to convince him not to tell the whole guild! But the look on Happy's face made her blush.
"So, how far is it?" Natsu asked.
"We'll have to use a vehicle, if that's what you're really asking," Erza said, looking at the map "The first hotspot is in the middle of a forest near the cost,"
Natsu groaned as if he was already getting motion sick and Lisanna giggled at the look of dispair on his face.
This was unfortunately short but they're on the search now.