Chapter Nine: Center Piece

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YumYum495 I know. : ( It's sad that people thought he was a freak just because of how he looked. Lol I had a hard time with Hyorinmaru's name too. It's awesome to say but such a pain to spell. Lol. : ) Natsu is lucky to have you cheering you on. Oh don't worry, he will get him to smile. ; ) I don't know how but he will. Mwhahahahaha.

Thank you for noticing that. I will try to keep an eye out for it in later chapters. I thought I wasn't but apparently I was wrong. Thank you so much.

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Previously:

The dragon gently touched the child's arm with his cold nose, "I believe you child." Hyorinmaru gave a version of a purr, "Would you like to stay with me and learn Ice Dragon Slaying magic?"

"Why?"

The question made the dragon chuckled, "Because Toshiro, I want to give you a home where you don't have to run anymore. I want to show you what a real father does for his child. I want to show you I care and can give you the nurturing you desperately need. I want to fill the spot your parents failed."

Toshiro felt more tears gather in his eyes, "Really?"

"Yes, be my son."

Toshiro quickly hugged the around the neck, "Please I don't wan to be alone anymore."

Now:

The six Fairy Tail members walked into the Mayors office causing the man to look up with a smile, "Ah you must be members of Fairy Tail. Please, take a seat." Erza and Lucy sat down while Gray, Natsu and Toshiro leaned against the wall around the room. At first the Mayor looked at Toshiro in the eye almost shocked.

The red haired requip user cleared her throat, "We need to know more about this thief you need help with."

Toshiro looked into the man's eyes emotionless but inside he prayed that the man didn't react like he thought he was going to. The mayor forced himself to look away from those intelligent teal eyes. "We are not actually sure how he keeps getting away." The man looked through his desk and pulled out a paper, "We do know however that he steals things in broad daylight. At the peek of a guards time. The guard is not tired, not hungry, or even distracted. People can attest to this because they have been there at each location to know that the guards guard has not slipped in the slightest. We do know what he has been taking though." A piece of paper was placed on the desk, "These are magical items that have been protecting out town since we first built here fifty years ago." Toshiro walked forward to look at the items. It was a picture of four magical items. They were a statue of a dragon with ruby eyes, a sword with an emerald hilt, a necklace with a pink gem, and a shield with a dark blue design. "The statue and the necklace are the only two that the thief has not taken. We have had them moved to a safer location."

Toshiro narrowed curiously his eyes, "How have they been protecting the town?"

"By keeping dark creatures out of town." The Mayor responded only looking into the boys eyes for a millisecond before looking back down at the paper on the desk, "The dragon is the main part of the barrier while the necklace, shield and sword all reinforce the barrier the dragon creates." The man sighed, "However, by moving both the necklace and the dragon people in the outer part of the town are now in danger."

"I see." The white haired male replied looking up at the man, "Is there a map we can see?"

"Of course right here." The Ice Dragon Slayer opened the map and placed it on the desk.

Erza stood up and looked at the map with Toshiro, "What are you thinking?"

"That the thief hasn't gone very far. If the shield and sword both rely on the statue to be powered up then he has to be close by. Judging by what we just got told about the necklace I can safely assume that these have to be with in at least a half a mile of each other for it to work. And that if the three are too close the statue then the barrier gets smaller." The half Soul Reaper responded looking at the map. The Mayor was shocked that the boy had that figured out with so little that he had gave the Fairy Tail teens. Taking a pen the boy made a circle, "Within this circle is where they have to be if I am correct on what you have told us. That is if the two items are together."

"What do you mean; of course they have to be."

Toshiro did not looked amused at the man. As his sharp teal eyes bore into the Mayors own, "If I stole items that had a magical connection I would not have them in the same place. I would have them in two different locations. Not far but not together either. Where in this circle do you thing someone would find a good place hide them. More than two would be helpful if we are to maximize our chance of finding the items."

"Little boy I don't know who you think you are but I am telling you they are together. You don't know anything about these items."

Erza smiled, "But is it possible that they could separate the two?"

The mayor blinked, "No, if they do not have the statue in the center then they have to be right next to each other."

"So what you saying it one of your own people could have stolen it if they knew about this connection." The red head said looking into the man's eyes.

"What?! Of course not. None of them would be stupid enough to do that they know what these have done for us."

"So would someone from the outside know to keep them together?" Erza asked with a small smile.

"If they did their research then yes."

"That's what you are doing wrong then." Erza chuckled out.

"What!"

"You are assuming that the thief knows. Yes, we don't know if they are together or not or if it is someone you know or not but what we do know is that they are missing. At this point it would be best to look at all possible choices weather they are together or separate." The red head pointed to the map, "Please, show us all the possible places someone could hide these items." The Mayor sighed showing them, as he did Toshiro marked all the places with a star. "Now we need to see the necklace. If these items have a different scent to the area around them Natsu will be able to track it if we get close."

"I can't do that. The items have to stay safe."

Toshiro nodded in understanding, "We know but to help protect them we need to have some idea of how to track them. Just knowing a place to look isn't enough. For all we know they could have made copies to look like the real thing. The real thing will have some kind of marker telling us what it looks like. A drawn picture will tell us what it looks like but it will also tell others the same thing."

The man looked at him, "Boy, why do you act like you are some kind of military commander of something?"

The white haired Dragon Slayer blinked as he replied, "I've had training to be one."

The Mayor bit his lip as he thought, "All you want to see is the necklace right?" Erza nodded, "Okay, follow me and I will show you where I can have it brought to you to look at." The Fairy Tail wizards followed the Mayor out. As they walked the Mayor kept glancing at Toshiro. Something about the boy spoke to him. Yes, the child had irritated him earlier acting as if he was in charge of the whole operation but that didn't take away from his curiosity. In fact now that the thought about it the pink haired boy also caught his attention. Why was it that these two boys caught his attention so much?

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In the place holding the last two items the statue's eyes glowed for a split second before dimming.