Bloodmin has kidnapped Lucy in hopes that Dragon-Man will bring out his absolute best in a fight. Bloomin waited in the dead of night in a construction sight as he waited for Dragon-Man to show himself. As for Lucy, she was tied down and couldn't get loose.

"How do I get myself into these messes?" Lucy said. "You're not going to really kill me, are you?"

"Not at the moment, but the night is young." Bloodmin said. Lucy didn't like the sound of that.

"I don't understand. Why are you doing all this?" Lucy asked.

"I simply want to test my abilities against a challenging opponent. Dragon-Man might be the one to give me that." Bloodmin said.

"Right. You're some sort of mercenary, but why would you want to be that?" Lucy said.

"I don't have much of a choice." Bloodmin said as his story always haunts him. He fell into a chemical batch by accident and that moment changed everything for him. "I worked at a chemical plant. One day, I fell into a batch and my skin was altered into the form you see before you. I was labeled as a monster by everyone." Going through life with people running scared from you would take a toll on anyone. "I did find refuge in a mere circus, but I felt my life was wasted there. I soon learned that my new body was actually stronger than my old. Thanks to that, I left my old life and started a new one. I became the thing in everyone's nightmares. I didn't really have much of a choice because I wanted to live." Bloomin had a hard life, but there wasn't much he could have done about it. "This is the decision I made and I've come to not regret it."

"Must have been rough, but just because people see you as a monster doesn't mean you are one." Lucy said.

"Don't pity me, girl!" Bloodmin shouted as he held his blade to her. "Don't give me a reason to claim your life early." As they were talking, Natsu was on a nearby building and forming a plan. He actually had a little help since Seduce came in.

"So, what are we waiting for? Why aren't we going in and beating him up?" Seduce asked.

"We can't take the risk of him going at that girl and killing her." Natsu said. "We need to get her away from him."

"You got it." Seduce said. Natsu was a little impressed that Seduce was going along with this so easily.

"What? You're not going to try and make it more fun or such?" Natsu asked.

"I'm not as crazy or irresponsible as you might think." Seduce said. "I figured that's why you're a little hesitant to actually try anything with me; a little lack of trust. So, I'm going to prove that you can trust me. Just keep the freak's eyes on you while I get the lady."

"Wow... Thanks, Seduce." Natsu said as he was a little impressed.

"And just for a little luck..." Seduce said as she gave him a quick kiss and made her move. Natsu just kept getting more and more impressed with her. As for Natsu, he made his move as he flew over and waited for the right moment. He waited until he saw Seduce was in the right position and made his move.

"I'm here, Bloodmin!" Natsu called as he stepped forward, taking Bloodmin's eyes away from Lucy.

"I knew you would come with the right bait." Bloodmin said. As Natsu had him distracted, Seduce made her way over to Lucy. "I hope you provide me a great challenge." He looked ready to start fighting, but Natsu needed to buy some time.

"Hold on. Before we fight, have you ever considered anger management?" Natsu said.

"What?" Bloomin said.

"You seem like you have a lot of problems. You certainly do need help." Natsu said as he kept his eyes on Seduce. She was able to make her way to Lucy and kept her quiet.

"How stupid do you think I am?" Bloodmin said. He turned to the girl and was going to attack them. Luckily, Seduce pushed Lucy out of the way before the attack hit. Natsu acted fast as he flew right at Bloodmin and tackled him to a lower level.

"Who are you?" Lucy asked Seduce.

"The girl saving your butt." Seduce said as she tried to get the ropes undone. As she was trying to help her, Natsu tried fighting off Bloodmin. Bloodmin kept swinging his blade around, but Natsu stayed out of reach. Natsu tried breathing fire at him, but Bloodmin pushed through the flames and grabbed him by the neck.

"Your flames are like a weak one on a candle." Bloodmin said.

"Shut it!" Natsu said as he smashed his fist against Bloodmin's face and got free. He tackled Bloodmin against a beam and caused him to drop his blade, but Bloodmin grabbed Natsu and tossed him aside.

"Is that the best you got?" Bloodmin taunted.

"What is this guy made out of?" Natsu questioned. Bloodmin reached for a unattached beam and was able to lift it. "What does he take?!" Bloodmin threw the beam right at him. Natsu got hit by it and was thrown off the sight, but Natsu unfolded his wings and took to the sky. He flew around and smashed himself against Bloodmin again. He breathed fire again to try and push him back, but Bloodmin rolled away from the flames. Bloodmin was able to grab his blade again and was ready to slit his throat. Natsu looked around for something and saw a lead pipe he could use. He grabbed and held it out.

"You really think you can stop me with just that?" Bloodmin questioned.

"Why not?" Natsu said. Bloodmin answered by cleanly slicing through the pipe like it was nothing. "Yikes..." Natsu got a little spooked by that. He backed away as Bloodmin moved closer to him. Just before Bloodmin could do anything more, a metal barrel fell on his head and pushed him down.

"Did I get him?" Natsu looked up and spotted Lucy was the one that helped him.

"Where's Seduce? Why are you still here? You need to be getting somewhere safe." Natsu said.

"She said she was going to get something, and did you really think I would just leave you like that? Who was that girl?" Lucy asked.

"Can we talk about that when I'm not dealing a deranged killer?" Natsu asked.

"What? He's knocked out." Lucy said.

"Am I?" Bloodmin was able to stand back up. He glared right at Lucy and gave her a good scare. "So, you would like your blood to stain the ground as well?"

"Keep away from her!" Natsu said as he drove his fist right across Bloodmin's face and pushed him back.

"Is that really all you can do?" Bloodmin said. He was going to attack, but he didn't get the chance. A forklift came out of nowhere and smashed against Bloodmin. Bloodmin was slammed against a beam and it looks like he was trapped there.

"If I know Dragon, he can do a lot more." Seduce said as she stepped out of the forklift from driving it.

"How did you get a forklift up here?" Natsu asked.

"Don't sweat the small stuff." Seduce said. Lucy made her way down and hurried over to Natsu.

"You okay?" Lucy asked.

"I should be asking you that. Did he hurt you?" Natsu asked.

"No. I'm fine." Lucy said.

"Good. Time to take this guy to jail." Natsu said, but when they all turned to Bloodmin, they saw he was already gone. "Where'd he go?"

"No fair. I had him pinned." Seduce said. "What kind of freak is he?"

"The nasty kind by the looks of it." Natsu said. "Something tells me he'll be back one day. By the way, thanks for helping me out, Seduce. That didn't go as bad as I thought it would."

"No worries. We should probably make sure this young lady gets home." Seduce said as she walked over to Natsu. "See? I'm not entirely crazy."

"You just drove a forklift up here somehow." Natsu countered with something that did make her look crazy.

"But it's a fun kind of crazy." Seduce said as she kissed him. Lucy was shocked and wish she didn't see that. She just turned away and left. Natsu noticed it and felt bad for her.

"Wait here for a moment." Natsu said as he went after Lucy. Lucy was storming out of there, but Natsu caught up to her. "Lucy, wait." He said as he managed to stop her. "I wanted to tell you about Seduce. In fact, I was trying to when Bloodmin attacked."

"Is she the girl you were talking about earlier?" Lucy said. "The one you might be interested in?"

"Actually...yes. She might be a little irresponsible, but she's a good person." Natsu said. "We have a lot of fun together. Besides, we're not together anymore. You said so yourself that you didn't want to get back together. Look, I didn't want you to find out like this."

"So, are you and she dating?" Lucy asked. Natsu was a bit unsure at first, but he knew now.

"No, but I think I want to." Natsu said. "You were my first love, not easy to get over. Still, I think I need to do this. It might at least help things between us, see if we should be together or not. You said so yourself that you needed to think things over."

"I know." Lucy said, but the moment she saw Seduce and Natsu like that, she actually made up her mind. It's just too late now. "Goodbye, Natsu. I can make it home on my own." Lucy just kept on walking with Natsu wishing things could have gone better. Believing Lucy was going to be fine, he went back to Seduce. She didn't look pleased.

"What?" Natsu said.

"I just now realized it. She's the girl, isn't she?" Seduce said. "The girl you kept thinking about."

"You figured that out, did you?" Natsu said. He figured it was time to come clean. "Yeah. That was my ex."

"So, what's the deal? Are you and she a thing again? Am I just too crazy for you?" Seduce asked. Natsu wasn't sure how she got there, but he knew what to do.

"You are crazy." Natsu said as he pulled her closer to him. "A good and fun crazy." Natsu actually kissed her this time and she welcomed it. Natsu doesn't understand a lot of things, but he just feels like this is something he has to go through. For now, it's not him and Lucy. It's him and Seduce.