Chapter revised. Two of my friends updated their fics today so I will join them! Ok, I'm onto the next arc.

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Chapter 11: Ciel's Doubt

For the next few months to come, many towns were in shambles due to mysterious assaults against them. Makarov was really worried. He had sent all members of Fairy Tail to assist the towns in distress and to stop subsequent attacks on many other towns despite lack of orders from the Magic Council.

Tsuna and his strongest team were currently trying to stop a floating island which had deviated from its course from landing and crashing on Charles' homeland Extalia. Through this mission, Lucy and the rest got to know more about Tsuna. They learnt of his family background and his difficulty. Their bonds were strengthened as a result. At this point of time, they were not going to give up, they are going to stop the incoming island together.

"Everyone, release all your magic power!" Erza commanded.

"I'm not going to give up!" Lucy cried.

"Even if this body crumbles to bits, I'll stop it with just my soul!" Tsuna yelled.

"Aye sir!" Happy agreed with him.

*Flashback*

A few days ago, in a hotel room of Edolas.

Tsuna, Lucy and Wendy were a team as per Makarov's order. They were stopped over at Edolas on the way to the next town which was potentially the next target of attack. Tsuna's wife, Ciel insisted on coming along for this mission since Tsuna was heading to Edolas.

Tsuna, Wendy and the two Exceeds, Happy and Charles were in discussion when Ciel barged in after her bath.

"Sister, don't run about in a towel!" Lucy ran after her frantically. She was in her bathing towel just like her sister.

"Lucy-san, Tsuna-san is here, you know!" Wendy cried in panic.

"Why should I care? He is my husband." Ciel retorted.

"But I mind! I'm still single!"

Tsuna stared at the sisters closely for a while and he…

"pff!"

"What's so funny?" Lucy demanded in response. "I see. You are itching to try my sister's 77th newly invented torture technique on you, isn't it?"

"I just thought of something fun which I have not even tried it before." Tsuna answered slowly while holding his laughter.

"What?" The twin sisters asked in unison.

"You girls can perform mirror acts!" Tsuna demonstrated in front of them.

"NO WAY!" The sisters cried in unison.

"As expected from twin sisters. They look and act alike." Wendy commented.

"Why not you perform mirror act for us to see instead. It's not like we are the only pair of twins." Ciel blurted out in accident. She covered her mouth when she realized what she had said. Tsuna's eyes widened at her words. He was reminded of his twin brother, Natsu who had a harsh life when he was still around. He truly regretted for not heeding his mother's last words to take care of Natsu and let him lead a happy life just because he was not mature back then. Natsu ended up having to protect him. He recalled Natsu in his dying breath after taking the blow for him during his fight with "Jellal". Natsu cared for him much more than he ever did. He was just too insensitive to his feeling but he had his reason.

"You shut up!" Tsuna barked at her in a tone Ciel never heard before. He left the room and slammed the door shut startling the girls and the Exceeds. Ciel wanted to give chase but she stopped herself. At the same time, her towel fell off her body startling Lucy and Wendy.

"That's why I say don't run around in a towel!" Lucy commented as her towel fell off as well. Wendy was red on her face.

"Lucy-san!"

"Argh!" The girls were actually relieved Tsuna had left the room. The only male left was the blue Exceed, Happy.

"I'm a cat." Happy reminded them.

The fact was Ciel was actually afraid of Tsuna when he was angry. The Tsuna she had known was not supposed to be like this. He used to be really timid, obeying whatever she said.

All was changed after the incident with Kingdom Empire which landed his twin brother, Natsu in a half-dead state, in coma. Tsuna changed into someone she did not recognize. Was he still the guy she was in love with? Even so, she had never given up waiting for him even though they had broken up. She believed that he would come back for her.

Ciel turned her back on Lucy. "I realized I don't really understand him at all. I feel that he is drifting further away from me. What can I do to help him as his wife?"

"Sister…"

Wendy watched the sisters not knowing what she should say. "Jellal, when are you coming back? Should I just inform Tsuna-san about Natsu-san?"

Gajeel on the other hand, went off to look for his cousin, Gajeel for information regarding the destruction of towns.

He found him walking on the street, observing the people around him with his notebook open in his hand.

"Yo" Gajeel greeted shortly.

Gajeel turned to his cousin, and faintly smiled at his arrival. He closed his book and walked to his cousin.

"I know what you want to talk about. But this is no place for serious business" The reporter, Gajeel said and started walking to a bar.

Gajeel walked silently after his cousin, who opened the door to the bar and walked in. They each ordered a beer and sat down by a table. Gajeel took a sip of his beer and then looked at his cousin opening his mouth to speak.

"I see you know why I'm here...Then I'll skip to the important part" Gajeel said.

His cousin had a very wide information network, that's why he decided to ask him about the question that was pondering in his mind. He had gone to him before about his advice, so his cousin knew much about him even without his network. He took a deep breath and started to explain his worries to him.

"I don't want to keep this from you, but I can't help but feel that Tsuna is involved somehow. I saw Gray confronting him that day. He said that a spiky salmon-haired boy was sighted at various towns and that the towns will be destroyed the very next day." Gajeel revealed what he had heard.

"I heard about it. That's why I had been investigating Tsuna Dragion in secret. I looked up on his background but I can't find anything else about him before X777. I recalled reading a report on the eradication of the famous Dragneel Clan which was responsible in sealing and guarding dark magic. They were destroyed nine years ago coincidentally. What piqued my interest was that the head of the Dragneel Clan, Elie Dragneel had a pair of twins, and the hair colour of the pair of twins was rather unique. It was salmon pink exactly like Tsuna Dragion's. The report back then mentioned that the culprit of the Clan eradication was the dark mage, Zeref so I believe that as long as that particular salmon-hair boy appear in a town, the town will be the next target of attack by Zeref. This was just my conjecture, let me re-investigate this and I'll let you know when I find something new". The reporter Gajeel swirled his mug and drank from it.

As soon as the pair of cousins left the bar, they were caught by Erza and Gray who was in the same team with Kurogane Gajeel. They were waiting for them at the entrance. It seemed that they had overheard their conversation back in the bar.

"Now, care to explain to us about what you guys had found out about Zeref and Tsuna?" Erza questioned yelling at the guys who had the same shocked expression.

"We didn't say anything!" The Gajeels retorted.

Gray smirked. "Don't sweat it. You guys are not going home until you tell us everything"

The pair of cousins sweat dropped in unison. "We're in deep trouble" They both thought.