When the sun shined through the glass, Natsu was beginning to wake up. Natsu reached for his face, but he felt his mask was on his face. When he had a look around, he realized that he was in the same bed as Seduce. She was still asleep, but Natsu remembered all that happened last night.

"Oh my god!" Natsu whispered as he couldn't believe this. He looked around and saw his uniform was on the floor. Good thing he still had his mask. He quickly grabbed his stuff, got dressed, and quietly got out of there as he flew out. When Natsu was far enough away, he landed down on a building and he couldn't wrap his head around what happened. "I can't believe I did that, and I'm still technically a virgin! She really does know her stuff!" Natsu can still see flash images of what happened last night. It's really got him confused now more than ever on what he should do in his love life.

...

Lucy

When Lucy returned home, she met with her mother and stayed with her. Even though things are a little complicated between her and Natsu, she's glad to be home.

"I made your favorite, Lucy. One egg omelet with a side of sunny-side up eggs." Layla said as she placed her breakfast on the table.

"Thanks, Mom." Lucy said as she helped herself. "I really missed your cooking."

"So, what's on the agenda for today?" Layla asked.

"Well, I'm going to do some apartment hunting and searching for a place to publish some of my writing." Lucy said.

"Are you going to meet up with Natsu?" Layla asked. When she asked that, Lucy stopped herself from taking a bite. That's the last thing she wanted to think about.

"Why would you ask that? Natsu and I broke up years ago." Lucy said.

"I know, but I always like that boy." Layla said. "You and he seemed to have had one of those on and off relationships. I think that if people have relationships like that, maybe there really is something more between the two of you than just dating."

"Yeah, well you're a little late, Mom." Lucy said. "I already talked to Natsu. I told him a relationship is the last thing I'm thinking about. I told him I need to think about it?"

""Need to think about it"? Interesting..." Layla said with a smirk.

"What's that look all about?" Lucy asked.

"I'm just saying that if you actually need to think about it, maybe a part of you still wants to." Layla said. "If you really moved on, why do you need to think about it?" That was a good question that Lucy wasn't expecting. She does care a lot about Natsu. She just isn't sure if she does want him back. As Lucy thought about it, she looked over and spotted a photo of her late father.

"Did you feel the same about Dad?" Lucy asked.

"Why do you think I haven't dated anyone since he died?" Layla said. "I believed your father and I were simply meant to be. If he wanted me back, I would have taken it." Before, it was her father that played a part in Natsu and Lucy being apart. He had Natsu promise to leave Lucy out of him being Dragon-Man.

"You know, I'm not sure what it was exactly, but I think Dad said something to Natsu. Something like a promise to stay away from me." Lucy said.

"What?!" Layla said as she was shocked to hear about that.

"We both agreed that it didn't matter anymore at the time, but when I was leaving for Oxford, it was getting complicated." Lucy said.

"I see. Well, don't let me influence you. This is your choice." Layla said. Lucy just wished she was sure as to what she should do.

...

Natsu

Natsu has been out all day. Lucy wasn't the only one that was confused. Seduce did some bring up some good points. Maybe he should consider dating other people. It might also help him see if he and Lucy really are meant to be together or help him move on.

"Oh man. Why are girls so confusing?" Natsu said. "No matter how old you are, you never seem to understand them. Oh man. I don't have time for this. I need to find that psycho named Bloodman before he attempts to hurt someone." As Natsu was trying to figure things out, he looked down and saw Lucy walking by as she was looking at her phone. "Am I being haunted?" As he complained about that, he noticed an air conditioner unit that appeared that was about to fall out. It did and it was about to fall on Lucy. Natsu acted fast as he dived down and flew right at Lucy.

"Whoa!" Lucy shouted right when she was scooped into the air by him, just before the unit crashed into the ground. "You know I hate it when you surprise me like that."

"It was either this or you get your head smashed by a poorly installed air conditioner." Natsu said as he flew around. "So, what's the big Oxford graduate doing in town today?"

"If you must know, I'm simply looking for my own apartment." Lucy said. "I am safe now. Don't you think you can put me down now?"

"Actually, maybe you can help me with something." Natsu said. "You're super smart. Is there anyway you can look up some guy named Bloodman? He also goes by Grim Reaper."

"That sounds scary. What's going on?" Lucy asked.

"Some maniac is after me. I'm sure Tartaros hired him or something." Natsu said. "He's hunting me down. I need to get him before he gets me."

"Well, you need to put me down first." Lucy said. Natsu had them land on a building and she started to look him up. "Maybe I can do a quick search on my phone. You said his name is Bloodmin?"

"He said that it use to be Bradman, but he had it changed." Natsu said. Lucy did a quick look on this guy, but she was shocked at she saw.

"Yikes. This guy is wanted in several states." Lucy said.

"He is?" Natsu questioned.

"Yeah. I don't know the whole story, but I guess this guy is pretty dangerous." Lucy said. Natsu's problems just seem to keep getting worse. He knew he was about to make his problems worse, but it's just him and Lucy now. That means it could be a good time to talk to her about him and Seduce.

"Listen, Lucy. There's something I need to tell you." Natsu said with her listening. "I know things might be complicated, but..." Just before Natsu could do anything more, he somehow got tied from when a rope tied around him. They both looked across the roof and saw that it was Bloodmin's doing.

"Looks like I found you once more." Bloodmin said.

"You are seriously creepy." Natsu said. "Where did you even come from?"

"I think you should be more concerned about your coming death." Bloomin said as he moved closer.

"Lucy, run! Get out of here!" Natsu said.

"Run where?! There's no way out of here!" Lucy said as she was actually trapped. Bloodmin moved fast and grabbed a hold of Natsu as he lifted him off the ground.

"Listen closely, Dragon-Man." Bloomin said. "You are the first worthy opponent I've had in a long time. That's why I wish to have a real challenge. I know you will deliver with the right bait." Bloomin looked to Lucy to let him know that she was the bait.

"Don't you dare!" Natsu said. "Tell Tartaros that they should stop ruining the lives of innocent people."

"Tartaros?" Bloomin questioned.

"You're a mercenary right? Didn't they hire you to kill me or something?" Natsu asked.

"I do not know what you're talking about, but no one hired me. This is simply a way for me to test my abilities." Bloomin said. "That's all this is really about."

"And you're going to hold an innocent person hostage to do that? You better not kill her." Natsu said with rage

"That all depends on you." Bloodmin said as he tossed Natsu right off the building with Lucy getting scared from it. Not being able to spread his wings, Natsu crashed into some trash in an alleyway with the fall knocking him out.

...

Later

Natsu was trying to wake up, but he was in a lot of pain. When he was finally able to wake up, he saw that it was night. He was able to sit up and he realized that he wasn't tied up anymore. He also realized he was back on the rooftops.

"What happened?" Natsu said.

"I found you in the last place I would think to find you." Natsu looked and saw Seduce was able to find him. "I get you got a little scared, you don't have much experience, but here's a tip for the future. Leaving a girl like that was not a great thing to do."

"Sorry? You mad?" Natsu asked.

"I didn't exactly like it since I really do like you, but I saw someone got to you before me." Seduce said. "I also found this." She showed a knife with a note on it. "Apparently you need to be at some construction sight or else some girl is going to end up paying for your mistakes."

"Oh man." Natsu said as he knew this was all Bloodmin's doing. He grabbed the note and looked it over to see this was real. "I need to do something."

"Need some help?" Seduce asked. Natsu was a bit surprised by the offer. Lucy and Seduce in the same place? Even if one of them is being held hostage? That could get complicated.