"speaking"

"thinking"

On with the story

A few days passed as Magnolia was thriving with thousands of tourists

Banners were hanged up on the lamp post as they had photos of Natsu on it

Chatters spread around Magnolia as there were more females than males

Every girl had a magazine with them as it was a Weekly Sorcerer Magazine and it filled with photos of Natsu in the CMC and when he was still with the Lizards

"I can't believe how famous he become" Lucy said while carrying a grocery bag with her

"just goes to show his popularity," Erza said while holding a grocery bag as well

The two walks around the street as they turned a corner and started making their way to Éclair's home


Arriving at Éclair's home, Lucy and Erza went in

"we're back" Lucy said as she and Erza took off their shoes at the front before setting their grocery bag to a table

They went in as Éclair, Cana, Ultear, and Kagura were in the house

"busy outside?" Éclair asked as Lucy nodded

"you wouldn't believe how many people bought the magazines at the stores" Lucy said "it was like some sort of shopping spree"

"you said it" Cana said while chugging down a bottle of beer before holding up her lacrima phone "just got a text Mira and Ikaruga. They said that their roads are literally crowded"

"it's going to be hard to get around the town" Kagura said "especially for him"

"Lucy and Erza back yet?" Natsu's voice spoke out in the bathroom as the sound of water keeps on running with it

"oh yeah" Lucy said as she reached towards the grocery bag and pulled out a hair dye shampoo "it was a good thing that this was on a hot sale"

"you sure that this brand would do it well?" Éclair asked while walking towards them and took hold of the hair dye, checking it

"yup, my friends always buy this brand because it makes their hair smooth and shine" Lucy said

Éclair hummed as she checked the hair dye brand before she went to the bathroom and opened the door slightly

"Natsu, here" Éclair said as she placed the hair dye shampoo to the sink

"thanks" Natsu said while taking a shower

Closing the door, Éclair went back to the others

"I still think getting him a wig is better" Cana said before drinking more of her beer

"it's a good disguise for him, but if anything unfortunate comes.." Erza said as Cana sighs before drinking more

For the past few days, Natsu had to lay low because every time he tried going out, news reporter and photographers came out of nowhere, trying to take photos of him and interview him. It was a pure pain for him to always must make a get away

"that's why dying his hair would be the best thing" Lucy said as she takes out some stuff from the grocery bag and emptied it

The bathroom door soon opens as Natsu came out, his salmon hair was now dyed black

"wow, looking good already" Cana said whistling when she saw Natsu's new look

"is it good enough?" Natsu asked while drying his hair with his towel before shaking it a bit

"it's good" Erza noted while eying his new look

"then" Lucy said as she takes out a comb and scissors from her pocket "let's start grooming!"

"why do you look so happy?" Kagura said with a sweatdrop "and where did the scissors came from?"

Natsu was soon set down on a chair as newspaper surrounds him

Lucy hummed as she started grooming Natsu's hair, cutting it, and trimming it

"you know, its usually cut first before trimming second" Erza said "but for the situation now, I don't think that it matters now"

"just making sure that I can go without any annoyance" Natsu said as Lucy combs a bit of his hair before cutting it

"now that I think about it, we can't even go our dates too" Kagura said, while feeling a bit disappointed because of the flowing

"we can" Natsu said as Lucy finished trimming his hair and it was a bit shorter but good enough to disguise himself "at my hometown that is"

"your hometown? The Corona Town?" Ultear asked

"no" Natsu said as he shakes his hair a bit before and rustles it to get some hair off "my hometown is at Hixs town, it's kinda near Corona Town"

"Hixs Town? Isn't that town known to for its life dependence to the nature around it?" Ultear said as Natsu nodded

"that's where my dad lived before he passed away" Natsu said as he takes out a contact lenses container and opened it "I was planning to head back for the holidays"

Natsu placed the lenses on his eyes as his onyx eyes changed to blue

"at the current situation, I think it's a good idea" Erza said

"if you guys want, you can come with" Natsu said as he blinked a few times to adjust his eyes wearing the contact lenses "the town there is peaceful everyday and it gives a good place to hide"

"sounds great" Éclair said

"count us in" Kagura said with Erza nodding

"I'm good with anything" Cana said while drinking more

"me too" Ultear said with a nod

"alright then" Natsu said before he looks at Lucy "you?"

"better than staying in a crowded town" Lucy said with a shrug of her shoulders

"train leaves in 2 days, better start packing" Natsu said as he grabs his shirt and puts it on before taking a cap and his glasses

Everyone nodded while Cana texted Mira and Ikaruga about their little holiday trip


Zeref was sitting in his office as he hummed while on his office table was an old paper that looks to be made out of dead animal skin

There was a picture of ring with 17 symbols on it and 8 of the symbols were glowing

"Boss" a voice spoke out as Zeref's right hand man, Invel Yura appeared while wearing his blue suit "he is moving"

"ho? Is that so?" Zeref said while chuckling "and how might Irene be?"

"as you had expected, she had befallen to his will" Invel stated while adjusting his glasses "perhaps she might be a fodder that needs to be….exterminated"

"no, she is one of his seals after all" Zeref said as he holds the paper up and looks at the Dragon symbol that glowed red "the Dragon is the first out of the three…huh?"

Zeref soon placed it down before he looks to a monitor screen and it showed Sayla in her glass prison cell

"how is the development?" Zeref said as he eyed Sayla's pregnant stomach "is the child growing well?"

"yes, but in a rather slow development" Invel said "we still do not know why it has a slow growth rate than the other clones"

"no…this might not be a clone at all" Zeref said as he smirks and chuckled "this one…might truly be his own child"


That's a wrap!

Bye bye