Truth Tongue pt.2

The next day, everyone got up early and had breakfast at the hotel. Then they gathered all of their things and headed to the train station to board their next train. Once again, Natsu was incapacitated by the train, and ended up resting on Lucy's lap again. After a two hour train ride, they finally arrived at their destination. The town was flat, not having very many tall buildings and it was fairly small, and was apparently a place of study for many young wizards. Many older wizards lived here, and taught the young wizards who wanted to learn. Their client's house was located close to the edge of the town. Erza knocked on the door, and awaited an answer.

A brown haired girl opened up the door. "Hello. May I help you?" the girl asked. "Hello. We're the wizards who took on your request to find your lost pet." Erza stated. "Oh! You're finally here, fantastic!" the girl said as she stepped out of her house. "Yes. Sorry for our late arrival. Our train was in need of repairs." Erza bowed and told the girl. "It's fine! Please come inside." the girl said and the stepped to the side letting everyone step in.

Inside, there was a younger boy sitting in a chair, drawing in a sketch book. "I'm Natasha. This is my brother Matthew." the girl said. "It's nice to meet you both." Erza said. "Now, you're all here to find Morty." the girl said. "Yes. We understand he is lost somewhere. And that he's a magic pet?" Erza asked. "Yes." Natasha replied. "What does Morty look like?" Gray asked. Suddenly the boy got up and walked over to Gray and handed him his sketch book. "He looks like this." Matthew said. Drawn on the paper, was an all black furry dog looking monster with no visible eyes and big sharp teeth. "That's a pretty accurate depiction. He's all black and he stands on four legs and comes up to about your thigh." Natasha said. "Is he friendly?" Lucy asked noticing the big teeth. Natasha giggled. "He doesn't look it, but he's really friendly.".

"How did he get lost?" Natsu asked. "We think he followed something into the woods. Because of how dark his fur is, he's almost impossible to find at night so it's good you're here during the day." Natasha said. "He's been gone for almost two weeks. He's not usually in the forest so he doesn't know his way around in there. He's probably scared." Matthew said as tears started to form in his eyes. "Don't worry. He's your nakama, so we'll definitely bring him back!" Natsu said. Lucy smiled at Natsu. She knew how important a mission like this means to him. He lost Igneel, so he probably feels for this young boy. That's probably why he chose this mission. "Alright. We will begin looking immediately." Erza said. "Great! He'll respond to his name, so make sure to keep calling out for him." Natasha said. The wizards all stepped out side. "Wait, one more thing." Lucy asked. "Yes?" Natasha said. "What's his magic?". Natasha nervously chuckled. "If you notice his tongue change colour, then don't let him lick you." she answered. Lucy just arched her brow, and then followed the others towards the forest.

Not much later, everyone was in the middle of the forest. "Alright. Since there is no obvious threat, I think everyone should split up and search for Morty." Erza said. "We'll all go different directions from here, and then return back here after an hour or if someone finds Morty, so keep track of where you're going. Sound good?" Erza said. Everyone saluted and said "Aye aye ma'am!". Everyone then went different directions to look for Morty.

-With Erza-

"Morty! Morty!" Erza called out. "If I were a big black dog thing... were would I be?" Erza asked herself.

-With Gray-

"Morty! Come on out Morty!" Gray shouted. "Man... why'd Natsu have to pick this mission.

-With Happy-

"Morty! Morty! Oh! Fish!" Happy said as he flew towards a small river.

-With Natsu-

Natsu raised his head into the air, trying to see if he could smell anything out of the ordinary. "Damn it. Nothing." he cursed. "Morty!" he shouted. He put a hand to his ear to see if he would hear anything. Natsu huffed and kept walking. While Natsu was looking for Morty, he was thinking about Lucy. "I wonder how I can tell Lucy that she's my mate..." Natsu thought out loud. "Shouldn't there be a special moment? Or is there a special moment after I tell her? Or would telling her be the special moment? Gah this is too confusing!" Natsu said. After the other night, Natsu was sure Lucy would accept being his mate, but at the same time he was worried. He starting thinking about what would happen if he did tell her, and she didn't feel the same way. What would he do? He can't find another mate, Lucy is the one. Or worse, what if this ruined their friendship? Natsu didn't know what he would do if he lost Lucy as a friend. "Damn it... this love crap is more complicated than is seemed." Natsu said.

-With Lucy-

"Morty! Come out Morty!" Lucy called. "Where would something like Morty hide? Are there any caves around?" Lucy asked herself. While walking in the forest, Lucy stumbled upon two tree stumps that were next to each other. Behind the tree stumps there was a tall tree. On the tree there was a carving. The carving was a heart, and in the middle of the heart it said "L + N Forever". Lucy smiled at the carving in the tree. She sat down on the stump. "Looks like this was a couple's special spot." Lucy said. Lucy began to think about Natsu. She was one hundred percent sure she had stronger feelings for him now. "Geez Lucy... that 'I'm cold' thing last night was lame." she said as she laughed at herself. He smile faded though. "I just don't know what to do. I wanna try to see if me and Natsu can work... but would it be worth the risk?" she asked herself. "Maybe I should just tell him. I just can't keep things like this bottled up" she said. Lucy sighed, and they got up to continue her search.

After about an hour, everyone had managed to return to where Erza said they'd meet. Natsu, Gray and Happy and stood upright next to each other, as Erza asked them about their search. "Natsu! Did you smell or find anything out of the ordinary?" "I couldn't find anything ma'am!". "Happy! Did you find anything?" "I found a fish ma'am!" "Was it a suspicious fish?" "It was a tasty fish!". "Gray! Did you find anything?" "I also found a fish ma'am!". "Lucy! Did you find anything?" "Unfortunately not ma'am!".

"Damn it. Morty has to be around here somewhere." Erza said. "Maybe he left the forest and is lost somewhere else?" Happy suggested. Suddenly Gray's eyes winded and he pointed right behind Erza. "Guys!" he shouted. Everyone looked at what Gray was pointing at. Standing behind Erza was an all black dog like creature, with no visible eyes, wagging it's tail. "Is that Morty?" Lucy said. "Must be!" Erza replied. Erza got down on one knee and held her hand out for Morty. "Come here Morty, do be afraid." Erza said in a stupid voice that people used when they talk to their pets. Morty slowly walked towards Erza. He sniffed her hand and barked. Erza then began to pat him on the head. "Good boy!" Erza said.

Suddenly she noticed Morty's tongue change from a normal colour, to green. "Um Erza... you should-" Lucy said but it was too late. Morty jumped up on Erza and licked her face, leaving a bit of greenish slobber on her face. "Erza, are you alright?" Lucy asked. Erza stood up. "Yeah. I don't feel any-" Erza said as she suddenly feel to the ground. "What?" Natsu said as he went over to Erza. "She's asleep!" he said.

Suddenly Morty barked and then ran away. "Don't let him get away!" Natsu said as he ran after Morty. "What about Erza?" Lucy asked. "Leave her for now!" Gray said. And with that, the remaining wizards ran after Morty. "Shit, where'd he go?" Gray asked. "There are two different trails of his scent." Natsu said. "Okay, you and Happy follow that one, me and Lucy will follow this one." Gray said. "Aye sir!" Happy said as him and Natsu ran down the trail. "Lets go!" Gray said to Lucy as he began to run.

After they ran for a bit Lucy stopped. "-huff- Gray -pant- I need -huff- to catch my breath." Lucy said as she bend over. "Hurry, we can't lose-" Gray said but was interrupted when a big black creature jumped on him and pinned him to the ground. It was Morty. His stuck out his tongue which was after changing blue, and licked Gray. Morty got off of Gray and let him up. Lucy laughed. "He must be so happy to see people that he wanted to play." Lucy said. Gray whipped some bluish slobber off his face. "Do you feel different?" Lucy asked. "I...I... I REJECT JUVIA BECAUSE I ACTUALLY LIKE HER AND AM TOO NERVOUS TO TELL HER HOW I FEEL!" Gray blurted out before covering his mouth. Lucy's jaw dropped. Morty just barked. Lucy suddenly started to burst out laughing. "S-Shut up!" Gray said as his face blushed. Suddenly Morty jumped up and licked Lucy too. "Oh no..." Lucy said. "Oh this will be good." Gray said. Lucy tried to cover her mouth but it was no use. "I... I HAVE FEELINGS FOR NATSU!" Lucy blurted out. Lucy quickly covered her mouth and her face began to blush. "Heh, about time you admit it." Gray said.

Suddenly they could hear Natsu call out to them. "You don't tell anyone what I said, and I don't tell anyone what you said. Deal?" Lucy said. "Deal." Gray replied. Finally Natsu ran over to the two, along with Erza. "Oh good, you found Morty." Natsu said. "So we learned he can put people to sleep. What else can he do?" Erza asked. Both Lucy and Gray just shrugged. "Okay, let's get you home Morty!" Natsu said. Morty barked a happy bark.

Team Natsu had just returned to Natasha's house with with Morty. Natsu knocked on the door and Natasha opened it. "You found him!" Natasha said as she bent down and gave Morty a hug. "Morty!" Matthew said as he ran outside. Morty barked and then jumped on top of Matthew and licked his face with a yellow tongue. Matthew then suddenly began to levitate while Morty jumped up and down. "You have one weird pet..." Gray said. Natasha just giggled. "Thank you so much everyone. Here's your pay." Natasha said as she handed Erza their payment. "We're glad to help. Well it was really nice meeting you." Erza said.

The Fairy Tail wizards then began to walk to the train station to get the train home. "Come back and play with me and Morty some time!" Matthew shouted. Natsu turned around and gave him one of his famous grins. Suddenly Morty ran up to Natsu. "What is it boy?" Natsu asked. Morty waved his paw towards where Lucy was walking. Then Morty used his snout to draw a crudely drawn heart in the dirt. "Wow, you sure are smart, aren't ya? Well, wish me luck then!" Natsu said as he got up to rejoin the others.

Natsu ran back over and stopped next to Lucy. "What was that about?" Lucy asked. "Nothing. Morty just has really good intuition."