Chapter Twenty: Too Many

Here is the next chapter for you all.

I wanted to tell you all that I have posted a new story that is a crossover between The Mummy and Dance Central, it's called The Tag Along. It's not a very long story and it is completed so all I have to do is upload a chapter when I get a chance. : )

I hope you all enjoy and have a Jesus filled day.

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Previously:

Yellow eyes looked over at the younger male still smiling beyond amused, "Now, now Gray. One day you will find out just not now. Beside you would hate to have it used against you as I make a good use of it." Reinhart smirked at Erza who stiffened knowing full well that she knew what he was thinking of, "Sometimes it's better to keep some powers in the dark."

Lucy paled, 'What, even Erza is afraid of it? Now that is just terrifying.'

Now:

Reinhart sighed his mind on 'lullaby' he had been able to let it go earlier but now he couldn't stop thinking about it. It really bothered him that he felt he had heard of it before. Next to him he could hear Gray asking, "You think the Eisenwald guys are still going to be in this town?"

"I have no idea." Erza replied as she dragged along her cart of belongings behind her. "That's what we are here to find out."

Reinhart barely held himself from rolling his eyes as Lucy said, "I'm still thinking that maybe I should go home." He couldn't help it she annoyed him so much with what she would say.

Reaching behind him he went to adjust Natsu and his bag when he stopped walking realizing he was missing one of them. Thankfully Happy spoke up as he was in too much shock to state his discovery. "Wait a minute, where's Natsu?" The four of them ran back to get him from the train only to find that it had already left. The blue cat sighed, "Uh oh, there he goes."

The yellow eyed male groaned as Lucy dropped her bag in her shock. "I was so busy talking I forgot about him." Angry at her self Erza growled out, "I'm such a fool. Natsu hates all forms of transportation. This is all my fault, I need one of you to hit me for my penance."

Reinhart groaned into his hand, "Not just you. I always put Natsu on my back when I get off transportation. Ugh, where's my wife to smack me when I need to pay attention. She would never let me forget him."

Lucy looked between the two of them saying, "That's a little much."

Gray shook his head at the dramatics the two S class wizards were displaying. Putting his head into his hand, he mumbled to himself, "Can you two be anymore dramatic." 'It's like they forget they are human too.' Lucy looked at him in shock but he just waved her off and lifted his head getting the S class wizards attention. "How about instead of complaining we find a way to stop the train."

Reinhart stopped Erza from replying to the ice make wizard he said, "Yes, you're right. Let's go see if there is a way we can get him back." He headed to the exit, "I'll go find a ride, you three go find a way to shut the train down. No doubt he's going to jump off the train when he gets a chance." Erza nodded and made her way over to find a way to stop the train. As he walked out the entrance he instantly pulled someone to the side asking, "Excuse me sir is there a place where one can rent a vehicle?"

The gentleman nodded and pointed out a direction as he said, "If you just go a few blocks that way you will find the very shop you are looking for."

Bowing in appreciation he said his thanks before turning to Happy, "Go find Erza and give her this piece of paper." He loved that his wife insisted on him carrying around a pad of paper and a pen; it came in so much use in times like these as Happy was not the most reliable at times when relaying information. "It's the directions to the auto shop."

The blue cat took the paper, "Aye, aye sir."

With Happy gone to do what he had asked Reinhart made his way over to the auto shop. Opening the door he gave a smile at the man running the desk. "Hi, I'm Reinhart Nightingale."

"You can call me Mr. Peter." The man at the desk replied, "Do you have a car in mind?"

Leaning on the desk the brunette said, "Do you have one that can fit five people?"

The man nodded and pulled out a pamphlet, "All of these can hold five people. Any one in particular?"

Looking at the information, Reinhart ended up picking the cheapest one he could get. Just because he had money didn't mean that he had to spend it all on a fancy vehicle. He knew that Natsu wasn't going to like being on a second vehicle but at this point it was needed. With the purchase done the S class wizard got lead to the care he chose and got the paper to prove he was renting it. As Mr. Peter walked away the rest of his team walked up to him, "Alright let's pile in." Putting his bag in the back of the car he frowned seeing Erza had taken the driver seat, "Erza, let me drive."

"We don't have time to change positions."

With a roll of his eyes Reinhart looked at Gray who had decided to get on the top of the car instead of in, "Gray, what are you doing?"

Someone has to be able to catch him if he jumps off a moving train."

Yellow eyes widened, "Wait, I thought you stopped the train?"

Reinhart jumped in as Lucy answered, "They didn't appreciate us stopping the train just because we left Natsu." Once his door was shut Erza started the car and nearly sending Gray off the roof and Lucy into Reinhart's arms. Lifting his head Reinhart groaned feeling the pain where his head hit the window next to him. "Sorry."

"Not your fault, Erza's being a crazy driver." Reinhart knew that the redhead would have been glaring at him if she wasn't driving. Not that he was all that intimidated by her to begin with. Gently pushing Lucy so that she wasn't on him anymore, Reinhart moved to kneel next to her so that he could talk to Erza in through the window. "Hey if you over do it I'll knock you unconscious myself."

"We don't have time for your concern." The redhead replied causing the brunette next to Lucy eyebrow to twitch in irritation.

"I'll make time for it. Don't try me, Erza!" Reinhart sat next to the blond crossing his arms over his chest and grumbling under his breath like a child.

Lucy didn't know why but seeing him so irritated made her nervous. 'Why, why do I fear him when he clearly isn't mad at me? On second thought, I don't ever want him mad at me. He's so scary.'

As they reached the train Lucy popped her head out the window yelling out Natsu's name. Reinhart poked his head out the other window just in time to see the pink haired dragon slayer fly out the window like he had jumped out of the train and crash straight into Gray knocking the two of them to the ground behind the car. Quickly Erza stopped the car sending Reinhart crushing Lucy into the seat behind her. The yellow eyed male pushed himself off the Lucy yelling out, "Damn it Erza, stop doing that!" Instead of replying she turned the car around and drove to where Gray and Natsu were arguing, causing Reinhart and Lucy to roll to the floor, the female landing on the male's chest. Growling the brunette pushed the blond off his chest and stormed over to Erza getting in her face very irritated at this point. "What the hell?! We could have walked over to them just fine. There was no need to throw Lucy and I to the floor."

This caught the ice and fire mages attention as they watched the two of them cautiously. The redhead merely glared at Reinhart, "Right now is not the time."

"Like hell it is not the time. Gray and Natsu can handle far harder hits than a smack to the face. There was no need to drive like that with Lucy and I in the car." Reinhart replied, and he would have continued to yell at Erza had Natsu ran over asking:

"How come I was left on the train?"

"I am glad you were not badly injured." Erza said turning her attention to the pink haired dragon slayer instead of continuing the conversation with an angry male S class mage. The redhead reached over and pulled Natsu into a one armed hug causing the young dragon slayer to wince as his head smacked into Erza's armor.

With a small wince, Natsu replied, "It's okay." Pulling away he said, "I'm shaken up pretty bad…" That got Reinhart to stop having his anger party concerning his redheaded teammate. "…I got attacked by a weirdo on the train."

While the older brunette dropped his hands to his side Lucy asked, "Are you serious?"

"I think it's the dude that dragged away the guys that were going to eat Happy." Reinhart listened, remembering when he got told about that from Natsu. "Said he was with Eisenwald."

Quickly the yellow eyed male pulled Natsu behind him grabbing Erza's hand as she tried to slap the dragon slayer. "You fool! That is exactly who we are chasing after on this mission why did you let him get away."

Lucy and Gray watched Reinhart glare at Erza as Natsu replied to the female, "What tha…this is the first I've heard of it."

"I explained everything on the train. You should listen when people talk to you."

"Erza, back off." Reinhart snarled out. Off to the side Lucy was getting scared that the two were going to get into a fight. "Perhaps you should remember when he is awake or not. I knocked him unconscious remember!"

Erza paled as the memory flashed in her mind. "Oh,…that's right."

Natsu looked between the two of them unsure if he should say anything. However luckily Reinhart turned and explained everything to the dragon slayer that had been explained on the train deciding to ignore Erza since he was too angry with her to think straight. And he could hear his wife's voice in his head telling him to walk away before the situation could get worse. Lucy sighed and glanced at Gray, "Do…they often nearly fight?"

The ice make mage sighed as he pulled off his shirt, "It happens from time to time."

The blond glanced at the Erza walking away from her fellow S class mage. It had been a while since the two of them had a spat where Reinhart wouldn't let go of the situation. While Reinhart would eventually talk to her about it calmly he just needed time to cool off before he would talk to her about it. Sometimes his anger got the best of him at times where he couldn't let it go right away. Walking to get into the car with Natsu Reinhart ignored Erza in the driver's seat knowing he would not have any control over his mouth if he tried to convince her to get off the seat. Once in the car he pulled Natsu to lay on his lap as Gray and Lucy sat across from him with the blue cat on the female's lap.

Before the redhead could start the car, Gray quickly asked, "So what was the guy like?"

"He didn't look like someone that was in a dark guild."

Reinhart raised an eyebrow amused as he thought, 'And what person does?' He ironically looked like a person who should be and he was in a light guild.

"But he did have this strange flute thing. It looked like a skull except it had three eyes."

Yellow and brown eyes widened in shock hearing that as the blond said, "A three eyed skull?"

Gray sighed, "That's kind of creepy."

Happy was looking at Reinhart as the two made the connection as to what it was yet it was only the female that had spoken, "Are you okay Lucy?"

"It's just that I heard about that flute before." Brown eyes looked at Reinhart as she realized that he too knew what it was, "Lullaby, the cursed song. It's death magic."

Erza looked at Lucy in shock, "What?"

Gray decided it was a good idea to ask for more information, "A cursed song? Like an incantation?"

"I've only ever read about them in books before, but there are some deadly spells out there that are forbidden to be used by wizards." Lucy said while Reinhart thought about the few dark guilds that he had hear talk about the flute of death. He grit his teeth angrily as his hands fisted at his side.

"That's right." Erza agreed, "There are cursed black magic spells that will kill the person they are used on.

Lucy looked up seriously, "Well, if I'm right Lullaby is even worse."

Erza glanced at Reinhart glaring at the ground, "How many dark guild members have you heard talking about lullaby?"

"Far too many." The brunette replied his body shaking in his anger, "If I had thought about it I would have asked them about the flute more. How can I be so stupid? I should know better."

Lucy covered her mouth, 'That's not good. That's too many people that know about it. We have to stop Eisenwald.'

"Drive Erza, we have to stop them." The yellow eyed wizard growled out.