Chapter Eleven: We Need To Reconvene
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Previously:
Toshiro shook his head mentally, 'They are going to be the death of me.' Not hearing Hyorinmaru laugh made the Soul Reaper look around frantically sighing with relief when he found the dragon asleep in an ice cave in his inner plain. Going over he touched the dragon's side gently so not to wake him, 'I'm happy he is asleep. After all he needs to get his energy back. I can tell that the toll transporting me here still hasn't run its course.' Going back to reality he could feel his Spiritual Pressure dissipating as they got close to a forest, 'Classic. I knew with the forest surrounding the area that they would be somewhere in there.' "Dragneel, spiral around and see if there was anything that could hinder us when we leave the forest."
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Erza and Lucy walked around the town looking at the people in town, a few times they stopped to ask some questions regarding the relics. The town's folks were more than happy to answer the questions. From what it sounded like everyone in town knew what the relics could do and how it has helped them through the time in which they had it. Even the children knew a good bit about them. "This is not helping." Erza said as Gray met up with them, "Everyone knows so much about them that it makes it hard to pick out who took it."
"The mayor did say that the people knew about them." Lucy said, "Is there anything else we could do?"
The redhead sighed and rubbed her chin, "I don't know to be honest."
"I did over some of the towns folks talking about how the shield was going down even before the relics were taken." The girls looked at Gray, "One of the towns people was talking about how some of the people had to move further in because where their house was, was out of the shield and in more danger."
"Did you happen to find out where those houses were?" Erza asked looking at the male in the eye.
"Yes." Gray nodded, "I can easily take you there."
"Good then get you clothes back on then we can go." The redhead said dusting off her armor. The male looked down and sighed as he quickly gathered his clothes to put them back on.
The blond groaned looked at where Natsu and Toshiro went. "Do you think they are going to be okay?"
Gray laughed as he pulled on his pants, "Please, fire lizard and Hitsugaya will be fine. They are Dragon Slayers and Hitsugaya has got more than normal. We don't have to worry about them."
"I hope so."
"What's wrong Lucy?" Erza asked eyeing the blond.
"I…it just feels too easy." Lucy looked at the redhead as Gray watched with interest pulling on his shirt, "I just feel like things are going too smoothly."
The red head narrowed her eyes as she thought to herself, 'She's right. Things are going rather smoothly. Something is bound to come up and we were able to get the information we needed so easily. After what Gray just told us about the towns folks moving to be in the shield things are bound to get messed up. But the biggest question is what? What is going to happen to mess with our mission?' "Let's go make this quick. I want to check in with Hitsugaya and Natsu as soon as possible." Erza said causing the Ice Make wizard to make his pace quick to show her and Lucy where he was talking about.
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Natsu walked around the parameter that Toshiro told him to do. As he did he could tell that something wasn't right. He didn't know what but something was defiantly off in the air in which he was walking. Charcoal eyes looked around suspiciously. It was strange to him that he would spot it this early in the mission. Usually he started getting hints farther in. His fist tightened as his eyes narrowed he could smell the relics but his instincts told him to stay away. That meant trouble. Happy looked at him, "Are you okay, Natsu?"
"I…don't know." The Fire Dragon Slayer replied unsurely, "Something feels…off. I don't like it." Even as he was walking the parameter he felt the need to run. This unsettled Natsu very much. He did not like the feeling at all. He always fought why were his instincts telling him to run? He kept a close eye on the forest. He didn't see anything out of the ordinary, nor did he smell anything other than the relics. He growled in his throat at the alarming feeling of danger.
The blue cat watched his best friend worried. Natsu was acting on edge like something was out to get him. This was not normal behavior for the pinkette. The way Natsu was acting was like a cornered animal. In fact now that Happy thought about it, Hitsugaya was acting the same once he split up to go the other direction. The only reason Happy noticed was because the white haired male looked around the moment he and Natsu were a few feet apart. Clearly both Toshiro and Natsu were not liking something. What bothered the blue cat the most was the fact that he couldn't feel what either of the Dragon Slayers were feeling. So he had no idea why either of the two acted the way they were. Happy really hoped that Hitsugaya was going to be okay.
Looking back at Natsu he was surprised to see the pink haired teen a couple of feet further from the parameter they were supposed to check out and completely still. "Natsu?" The fire wizard didn't replay just stood there glaring at the forest with a look that said he wanted to flee. "What's wrong?" Still there was no reply from the Dragon Slayer, "N…Natsu?" Without warning the teenager gave a growl and ran away from the spot and town. "NATSU!"
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Toshiro stared at the forest he had backed away from. It felt wrong. And the farther he felt Natsu walk the more uncomfortable he felt. In a very unlike himself manner he had the sheathed blade in his hand that was still strapped to his back. His Spiritual Pressure flared at the unwelcome feeling the patch of forest was giving him. It was as if it was trying to entice him to go in. That feeling only got worse with every step Natsu took away from him.
Not long later he felt the Fire Dragon Slayer stop moving himself. The uncomfortable feeling was almost unbearable. It was actually worse than the migraine he had suffered on the train to get to the town. The untamable feeling of the need to growl arose in this throat. His teal eyes narrowed angrily at the forest before him. His fight or flight mode was on. And he could feel the battle between the need to run and fight. The Soul Reaper side of him wanted to fight back what was causing it but the other side of him, if he had to guess his Dragon Slayer, wanted to run. It was a very unsettling feeling to have. Toshiro decided he could wait to find out why he wanted to fight it as he felt Natsu go even further away. He needed to reconvene with the pink haired teen.