AN: Hey guys, just letting you know I ended up breaking this chapter into more than one chapter after all because of its length. I hope you guys enjoy the chapter and I will post the other section of this series soon.

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Natsu's mind was running eighty miles a minute. All sense of logic played out in his head. Even he knew running on foot he wouldn't manage to make it to her… So why-why couldn't he stop running? He needed a car! Despite this logical thinking, his body continued forward of his own accord his brains calculated arguments be damned! His eyes were widened with horror as he rushed towards the center of Magnolia to Lucy's apartment, 'Why- Why can't I stop?! I won't make it at this pace!' he mentally screamed at himself as he ran passed a group of people getting out of there cars at the scene of an accident.

For a moment they yelled between each other then they caught sight of him, "Kid your running the wrong…!" one of them started.

Natsu felt the ground beneath his feet crunch, snapping like an animal's bones in the strong jaws of its predator. Natsu looked down watching as his feet which felt so light dug down into the pavement with force. Looking back up and around himself. For the first time since he'd left the office moments ago, he paid attention to more than just his thoughts. Speeding signs, stop signs, and location signs whipped by, 'W-What the hell?! How was he already this far from the company?!' he asked himself.

Natsu shook his head, 'Never m…' he thought entering a now nearly unpopulated part of town. His eyes widening to the size of plates as what he saw made him come to a fast halt. Walking up to the store in question, what he saw shocked and frightened him. It was his own reflection. His face was reddened and scaly. A soft cloud of steam rolled off him as the sweat from his body evaporated. His eyes shrunk back and dilated, 'W-What is this?' he thought, reaching out to the glass that held his reflection. Upon his hand closing the distance, not touching the glass and yet the glass began to burn and liquify, burning a hole just a little bigger than the size of his hand through the glass, 'W-W-What in the hells happening to me?!'

He heard faint shouts coming from behind him but ignored them and any other questions that entered into his head as his eyes caught sight of a TV screen sitting idly by on the news channel covering the story of the tsunami that was preparing to hit. 'What the hell am I doing?!' Natsu mentally yelled at himself. This could wait! He needed to save Lucy and he needed to do it now!

"Where in the hell do you think you're off to cuz?" Natsu heard as he ran forward only to choke as he was yanked back by the back of his collar.

Natsu growled turning to face his cousin, "Let me go Gajee…" he stopped. His eyes widened yet again, his cousins' skin was black and scaly much like his despite the color, he could no longer keep the question from leaving his lips, "G-Gajeel, What-What are we?"

Gajeel grinned at the question, "An explanation for later. Right now, we gotta get outta sight that is unless you wanna be someone's lab rat?" he informed Natsu.

Natsu turned causing his cousin to let him go, "Not without Lucy!" he told him looking at his cousin seriously.

Gajeel stared his cousins' eyes, "Erza says you've been seein things that ain't there." He repeated what Erza had whispered to him.

Natsu growled grabbing his cousin by his shirt pulling him closer to him in anger, "Just because Erza hasn't seen her doesn't mean she doesn't exist!" he said snapping off at his cousin for not believing him. She was real! She was!

Gajeel sighed rubbing at the back of his neck before effortlessly swatting away the hand Natsu held his black tank-top with, "Fine then, but I'm commin along. Can't have an amateur like you spillin the beans about us dragons living amongst the human population." He told Natsu with a serious tone as Natsu turned away from him.

Natsu stopped, 'D-Did he say… dragons?' he thought, his body shook at the information. Natsu shook his head furiously as Lucy came to mind, 'Get a grip dumbass! Lucy needs you!' he told himself. He needed to breakdown about his hidden heritage later! Right now, he needed to find Lucy but how?!

"Well, one girl shouldn't be too hard to find that is if you've actually met her in person that is. All you'll have to do is sniff her out so this should be a piece of cake!" Gajeel answered his question as if reading his mind.

Natsu's shoulders jumped at this, "S-Sniff her out?"

Gajeel rolled his eyes tapping a finger to his nose, "Dragon's have a good sense of smell dumbass." He answered dully.

Rather than wasting time to give his cousin a flash of his middle finger for acting like a smartass, he sniffs at the air. Natsu's hand instantly flow over his nose, "Oh god," he complained as the various scents overwhelmed him. It was so choking the amounts of smells the coated the area… he couldn't imagine how many smells there were in the world itself.

"Focus on one moron not all of em." Gajeel jabbed again to point him the right direction. Though Gajeel didn't show it he felt sorry for his cousin. He could only imagine how overwhelmed his nose was. Gajeel, since he was young, knew his heritage and was taught daily how to deal with such situations, but Natsu was having to deal with all of this in one lump sum.

Tears clung to the edges of his eyes, but he tried again using Gajeel's advice. He forced on Lucy… just Lucy.

Natsu closed his eyes, 'Focus on just…' he began remembering the night before. His nose had been surrounded by her scent for hours yesterday. 'Lucy…' he thought his nose finding the familiar strange mixture of vanilla with the slightest hint of fish. When Natsu darted off in a direction Gajeel followed in toe.

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Lucy stood on the beach her eyes wide… she knew. Tears whelmed into her eyes, 'I'm so sorry Natsu.' She thought. She wanted to save them… This had all been because of her selfish choice after all. She knew these people were being hurt just by the unprecedented widespread panic the giant wave her father summoned had caused. She knew she wouldn't be able to stop this… not even close! She just didn't have enough experience with her own powers to pull off such a feat.

No matter how much she thought about it her mind could only come back to one way out of this. She could save everyone but in the process… she'd hurt the one person she never wanted to hurt. Lucy's hand gripped at her chest, watching the water rise in the distance threatening to drag down anyone within its path. Loud blade slicing sounds echoed through the wind, as a strange black bird circled the area widely, a glare shooting off its side as the sun reflected off it. It was then that Lucy noticed the human leaning out of its… stomach? And they were carrying a strange device in their hands.

Lucy shook her head amazed as she realized it wasn't a bird at all, but another human machine built to mimic the ability of flight. She had to admit humans were amazing! Lucy took in a concentrated breath to solidify her resolve. Now was the time… yes. It was time to confront him. She felt a swirl of emotions about this decision knowing there was a high chance she'd never be able to get back to the surface.

Lucy reached into her pocket, pulling out the cell phone Natsu had gotten her, she frowned pulling up the messaging app he'd taught her how to use. She typed furiously for a good minute or two before turning on her heels towards where Natsu's family's house resided. Not having the time, she smashed in the window with a rock, opening it from the inside, she hops in and leaves her phone on his coffee table.

Her hip glowed beneath her clothes and her keys chimed as if begging her to not go through with her plan. Lucy ignored them as she climbed out of the window, Aquarius's symbol appearing upon her chest despite her suppressing her spirts powers to force their gates open. Lucy smiled slightly feeling the slight surge of power, "You never cease to amaze me." She said to no one in particular.

She could feel Aquarius's power creating a mask of magic power over her skin, "We'll face him together." She said knowing the spirit could hear her from the other side despite the distance.

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Natsu rushed passed an intersection in the middle of the city starting to close in on the beach. What the hell was she doing?! Why was she still here?! Why wasn't she somewhere off in the other direction where it was safe?! What in the hell was she thinking?!

"What in the hell is this idiot doing this close to a tsunami?" Gajeel muttered his thoughts as Natsu slowed to a stop panting as he stood hunched over for a moment.

Natsu stepped forward unsteadily feeling a little lightheaded his body not use to the spike in temperature he was experiencing Gajeel assumed. Natsu tried to catch himself on the glass window beside them, but nearing contact with him it began to melt. Gajeel caught his arm making sure he didn't fall and cause even more damage. It was bad enough they would have to do one hell of a clean up as it was. He wasn't trying to let his idiot cousin make his job any harder than it already was.

"S-Shut up." Natsu panted wiping at his face with his forearm despite not feeling even a little sweaty. "S-She's gotta-gotta have her r-reasons." He continued to try and regain lost oxygen before they began moving again. If he had it his way… he wouldn't have stopped at all, but he knows he's not invincible if he didn't pace himself not only would he not make it there in time but he could also end up dying from heat exhaustion if he wasn't careful.

Natsu took in one last breath before darting off again annoying a drenched Gajeel who was dripping in sweat and still trying to catch his breath. He'd forgotten his cousin was a running machine…

It took a few more minutes but finally nearing Lucy's scent located directly at the beach, "The hells this crazy bitch doin here?!" Gajeel panted out as sand squished between his feet beyond the trees, he could see the large wave still building and the helicopter circling with a news reporter poking her head out of the side of the helicopters opened side, 'Speaking of crazy bitches.' He thought. He didn't understand humans sometimes…

Natsu gasped seeing Lucy walking right up to the large wave, "Lucy!" he shouted as her hand reached out to touch the rising water. Upon hearing her name, she turned to him with shocked eyes, her fingertips touched the water and the tsunami crumbled instantly, water dropping down on top of and around her. "Lucy!" Natsu screamed going to rush forward until he was stopped by Gajeel catching him at the waist as he held onto a tree. Water rushed at them practically sweeping them off their feet.

Gajeel stared at the area where the blonde had been standing, 'That girl…' he thought, watching as her body vanished within the body of water, 'she ain't human.' He finished. The girl smelled… like a fish?

Natsu coughed up water as his head surfaced as the water pooled rushing pass them, "L-Lucy! Lucy!" he continued. Gajeel stared watching as Natsu tried swimming out to a girl that was no longer there despite the current trying to pull him in the opposite direction. If it wasn't for Gajeel keeping them grounded by hanging onto the tree with an arm and both legs while his free arm stayed hooked around Natsu's waist they too would be swept away.

Gajeel smirked, 'He doesn't know she's a mermaid, does he?' he thought he guessed not considering he had no clue about himself. Then again... the idea of Mermaids might be just as hard of a pill to swallow. He pulled his cousin up a little higher out of the water, the water pulled back and began receding back to its proper place.

"Lucy! Where's Lucy?!" Natsu coughed out as he clung to his cousin looking over his shoulder. His heart dropping when Lucy was nowhere to be found even as the receded.

Gajeel jolted a little freaked out that Natsu just suddenly showed all signs of crying into his shoulder, "Whoa, what the hell man?!" he shouted. Ready to chew him out till he thought about it from Natsu's point of view. Gajeel steeled his nerves, "Don't worry. She's alive stupid." He rolled his eyes at his emotional cousin.

Natsu lifted his head and a vein became apparent on Gajeel's head as he saw the snot connecting to his black tank-top and Natsu's nose, "R-Really?"

"Ew, man what the hell?! Stop getting your snot all over me!" Gajeel spat.