"speaking"
"thinking"
On with the story
Mira was heading to the track field with Kagura as she was wearing a sports jersey
"10km run followed by magic training and physical training, overall, it's a pretty balanced training regime" Mira told Kagura who was interested in training
"interesting" Kagura said "does he have any training lessons for swordsmanship?"
"don't know, let's ask him later" Mira said as they turned around the corner and heads towards the track field before they saw someone on the ground
"is that.." Kagura said as she and Mira approached the field before going on a full sprint when they saw who it was
"LUCY!" Mira exclaimed as she runs to Lucy who was beaten up to the point of her bruises being blackish purple and that small amount of blood was seeping out of her lips "LUCY!"
"how awful!" Kagura said holding Lucy's hand as it was bloodied and bruised "who did this to you!?"
Lucy opened her eyes as she looks weakly to Mira and Kagura
"Mi….ra…-san" she muttered out weakly
"Lucy! Who did this to you!?" Mira exclaimed "tell me! please!"
"i…was…..attack…ed….by.." Lucy muttered out before she passed out
"Lucy!" Mira and Kagura exclaimed as they see blood coming out of her lips
"to the infirmary!" Kagura exclaimed as she holds Lucy's legs
"yeah!" Mira exclaimed holding up Lucy's upper body before the two heads to the infirmary
Hearing the words of the headmistress, Natsu heads to the track field to find Lucy but he didn't find her
He sniffed the air before going to one part of the field and kneeled down
Natsu sniffs the scent on the ground before keening his eyes as he saw blood
"her, huh?" Natsu said as he stands up before going to the infirmary
In the infirmary, Lucy was being treated by the nurse as she was being bandaged up
"you two brought her just in time" the nurse said applying some ointment on Lucy's bruises "she has so many swollen bruises and she has inner bleeding"
"will she be alright?" Mira asked worried
"I've done what I can, she needs to be transferred to the hospital" the nurse said before going to the phone and started dialing an ambulance
"who could've done this to her? Lucy of all people" Kagura said
"it must've been that Minerva! She always said things about Lucy being a weak shrimp and all and how she hates seeing Natsu! She must've attacked Lucy to get to Natsu!" Mira exclaimed
"but to do this much damage to Lucy? This is unlike her, she maybe cruel and cold but this is a whole new level" Kagura said before the door slides open and Natsu came in
"Natsu!" Mira and Kagura went to him as the man look to Lucy on the bed
"how severe is her wounds?" Natsu asked
"the nurse said that she'll be alright but needs to be transferred to the hospital" Kagura answered him
"good" Natsu said as he holds Lucy hand before placing another hand on top of hers
He took a deep breath before a red glow appeared out of his hand and flowed into Lucy
The glow then disappeared as some of Lucy's bruises disappeared
"that should lighten her pain" Natsu said as he turns to look at Mira and Kagura "and it's not her"
"what?" Kagura and Mira said in unison
"the one you said that attacked Lucy, wasn't this Minerva girl" Natsu said
"then who?" Mira asked
"someone who I thought wasn't this low" Natsu said before heading out as Mira and Kagura looks at the door before to each other
Erza appeared out of the bathroom as she was drying her hands with a handkerchief before she pocketed it
"trying to erase the evidence?" a voice spoke as Erza looks to the side and sees Natsu leaning against the wall "Scarlet?"
"what are you saying?" Erza said looking at Natsu
"I'm saying that you should confess of that attack" Natsu said crossing his arms "or I will"
"I have no idea on what you're talking about" Erza said as she was about to leave when Natsu grabs her hand and lifts it up to his face
Natsu's nose sniffed her hands as he keened his eyes
"no matter how much you wash it, the evidence won't disappear just like your sin" Natsu said
"unhand me or I shall report you to the authorities" Erza said with a glare at Natsu
"try me" Natsu said with a glare back at her
"Natsu!" Kagura and Mira ran towards them before they find the scene "what's going on here?"
"he is harassing me!" Erza exclaimed still glaring at Natsu
"ho? That's a funny joke…coming from the real harasser" Natsu replied as red scales started crawling up his neck
"can someone tell me what's going on here?" Mira asked confused
"she's the one" Natsu said "the one who attacked Lucy"
"what!?" Mira and Kagura exclaimed in shock but it were more shocking to Kagura
"you have no evidence and no prove to accuse me of such things" Erza said
"I have the evidence" Natsu said as he reached into Erza's Pocket and takes out her handkerchief "this"
"give that back!" Erza exclaimed but Natsu held it away from here
Natsu unfolds the handkerchief and there was a small red smudge on it
"as I had suspected" Natsu said
"but Natsu, it could be from something else, like paint or sauce, or could be anything" Mira said a bit taken back of such evidence
"if it was, why is she so intent on taking it back?" Natsu said looking at Erza who was glaring at him "is it because you're afraid of me bringing it to the police and have them check it?"
"return it" Erza said before she summoned a sword in her hand and pointed it at Natsu's neck "or I shall cut you down"
"Erza!?" Kagura looks in surprise to Erza's behavior as she had never seen this side of her
"cut me down?" Natsu said as he grabs a hold of the blade and grasp it hard to the point that it started to crack. The red scales crawl up Natsu's face and near his eye as it turned reptilian. "how utterly laughable"
The atmosphere turned tense as no one was making a move
Mira gulped down her throat as she could feel the rising magic power of Erza and Natsu and their battling auras
"let's do it.." Natsu spoke out as he had a smirk on his face "..Magic Duel"
That's a wrap!
Bye bye
