When Tamaki got to the rooftop, the glowing from Lucy's celestial keys and their voices had come to a halt. He could hear something hit the ground one by one and he too came to a halt. He could hear hushed and muffled voices from the other side, one last thud being heard before complete and utter silence. He didn't know why... but he felt something was wrong on the other side of the door.

It was then that the rest of the hosts, Team Natsu, Wendy, Juvia, Lily, Carla and Gajeel arrived at the top of the stairs where Tamaki stood. They were about to question him when they too felt the eerie aura from the other side of the door. They realized that Lucy's spirits had lost contact and their keys had stopped radiating Lucy's magical energy. Whatever was on the other side, was something they for sure were not going to like.

"Tamaki, we'll be right behind you and protect you." Juvia said, assurance in her voice as the other fairies and hosts nodded in agreement.

Tamaki nodded in return, his head turned toward them before turning back to look at the door. "My sister could be through this door... there's no time for me to hesitate!" He thought, before kicking the door open. But what they were met with... was not what they had hoped.

In front of their eyes was Haruhi, Hikaru, Kaoru, Tohru, Yuki, Kyo, Haru and Momiji were on the ground, completely sedated. Honey and Mori immediately went to Haruhi. Team Natsu going to the Hitachiin twins. Wendy and Carla to Momiji. Kyoya to Yuki. Gajeel and Lily to Kyo. Juvia to Haru. All attempting to wake up their friends to find out what had happened prior to them passing out and also importantly... where Aya was.

Tamaki stared wide eyed at the scene before him. He was so appalled that this was even happening. His friends didn't deserve this and Lucy certainly didn't deserve this. He didn't like how everything seemed to be falling apart... all because Lucy had the power to prevent a curse's effect to happen. He hated it. He was angry about it. But not once had he resented her magic for it. Tamaki would never wish that his sister was never born with magic.

In fact, Tamaki felt envy towards her. That Lucy was capable of taking care of herself because her magic allowed her to meet amazing people, to help her grow into a strong girl so that she wouldn't be so dependent on her older brother. He misses Lucy more than the others could imagine. The 6 months that she was gone had hurt him and Yuzuru so much and all they wanted was for Lucy to come home.

It was then that he felt a presence nearby. Call it a sixth sense, if you will. Ever since the day at the beach with the other 2 rogue mages from Fiore and Lucy's kidnapping, the older Suoh made it a point to sense if something was wrong with the atmosphere and presence around him. He did not want someone else he cares about to be hurt or be put in danger. He was, after all, the Host Club's king.

And this presence he was sensing... it screamed danger.

He scanned the area around him and the others. Behind, forward. Left, right. Up, down. But he saw no one. But the presence was strong and whoever they were... they were watching them with max intensity. Their stare was burning holes through his body. But he snapped out of it when Erza gasped and began to pull something from each of their fallen friends' bodies. When she was done, she showed them to the others. Blow darts.

It was obvious what had happened... and knowing their current situation, they knew who was behind it. It was then that Natsu, Wendy and Gajeel heard footsteps and smelt 3 other scents with them on the roof. They turned to the mysterious figures' direction and growled. Ready to attack the ones responsible for knocking their friends out and the ones responsible for taking Lucy.

When the mysterious figures realized that they had been found out, a cheshire grin spread across the smaller one out of the two. They stepped out of the shadows in a slow manner and when they did, it was Tamaki's eyes who widened first.

Akito stood calmly, leaning against the wall that had cast the shadows over he and Hatori. Hatori on the other hand, showed extreme exhaustion as evident from the bags under his eyes. In his arms, completely limp from the blow dart still visible on her neck, was Aya. Her pink hair draping over her face, a face that the elder Suoh instantly recognized despite being not only partially covered, but also unconscious.

"Lucy..." He whispered, his voice shaky. "What... what did you do to my sister!?"

"I did nothing to her really." Akito said, malice dripping through his voice. "In fact, I have no idea with what you are talking about."

"Liar!" Erza growled. "We know Aya has something to do with Lucy, now tell us what you have done!"

"What I have done? I beg your pardon..." Akito replied while scoffing. "If anything, you should ask this wench what she had done to your precious friend."

"Don't call her a wench." Natsu immediately said, his eyes hooded under his hair. "Talk all you want... but you can't fool me."

In that instance, Akito's grin turned to a frown. "And why should I listen to you?"

"You may think you have the upper hand here pal..." Fire and smoke began to emit from Natsu's body, shocking the 2 Sohmas in front of them. His eyes screamed anger and his teeth showed off their fangs. "But you dare go lying to dragon slayer's face, 'cause I sure as hell know that the girl in your filthy hands is my friend."

The head Sohma narrowed his eyes in frustration, so much for keeping Lucy away from everyone around her. He should've known to scare her more to the point she wouldn't have dared face or speak in a Sohma's direction. But he had let her out, with anger, a grudge and the need to seek revenge in her back pocket. He had thought having the maids of the main house would create a big enough change in her appearance... but clearly that was unnecessary.

However, that didn't stop him from hiding her all over again... in the one place no one knows of.

"Well, I am glad you figured that out." He said, suddenly calm again. "But I'm afraid... you'll have to say goodbye once again."

"Wha-"

Cutting Lily off, the mages and hosts all felt something prick either their necks, arms or legs. They didn't think much of it at first, but the next second they immediately went to grab the blow dart that had come into contact with their skin. Everyone mentally cursed at themselves as their visions became blurry and the effects of the tranquilizer began to take affect. One by one, they all came to the ground.

"About time... I was wondering if you would betray me as well." Akito greeted.

"Akito-"

"Do not interrupt me again, Hatori. I already told you what would happen if you go against me."

"Leave Ha'ri alone, Akito!" A female's voice said.

Said female jumped from the other side of the rooftop, her head faced towards the ground in shame to what she had done. Her shoulders were stiff, showing her guilt and timid feelings for all to see. Tears welling up in her eyes as she tried to make her brown hair to cover her weakness and regret. But what she had done... it was unforgivable. And what she agreed to do... betrayed her own.

Akito backed off with a smirk and proceeded to head to the exit, Hatori following behind him with Lucy in hand. "Seeing as you did as your told, I'll hold off for now... Kagura." He replied. "But do help the maids bring them to the main house."

"Ack!"

Haruhi groaned as she was thrown to wooden floors. The last thing she remembered was hearing Tamaki's shout from the roof's exit and then blacking out after feeling an itch on her neck. She was confused. It made no sense. She was still a bit drowsy but that didn't stop her from hearing the cries of her friends, one after the other. Haruhi's eyes snapped open and they widened in shock as she watched all her friends be pushed to the ground much like she was.

"Tamaki-senpai!? Tohru!?" She called in worry. That was until she also saw the Fairy Tail mages off to the other side. "Wendy and the others...?"

She looked around her, as far as her neck would allow her with her limited movement and realized that she was in a traditional japanese house. The floors were much like the ones that were in her house and there was no furniture besides a dresser to the wall behind her. It was dark as no window was open and Haruhi realized it was much more spacious since it can fit all 21 of them with room to spare. However, the only one that was missing was Aya... or in other words: Lucy.

"Mmn..."

One by one, the room was filled with groans and moans of everyone slowly, but surely, regaining consciousness. Tohru being the first to wake up, the rest of the hosts were next and then the Sohmas. The Fairy Tail mages not stirring at all.

When Tohru realized where she was, her eyes widened and tried to get up. But unfortunately, she didn't realize that her arms and feet were tied so she just fell back down again. "Ow..."

"Tohru are you alright!?" Haruhi asked.

"Huh?" The brunette asked before her eyes widened. "Haruhi!? W-What happened to us!? Why are we inside the main house!?"

"What!?" The host asked. "This... is the main Sohma house?"

"Agh... my head..." Kyo groaned, realizing their predicament. "What the hell...?"

"Why are we here?" Yuki asked, fear crossing his face. "Why... why are we in Akito's room!?"

The twins then looked around and then their eyes widened when they realized that the rest of the host club was there too. "Boss! Kyoya-senpai!?" Hikaru shouted.

"Honey-senpai!? Mori-senpai!? What are you guys doing here!?"

Kyoya groaned, wiggling his body so that he could move and sit upright, leaning against the wall. "Natsu had figured that the Aya girl was connected to Lucy somehow due to some sort of vision from a similar book to the one Lucy used to explain about Fiore."

"We were supposed to meet you guys at the school just now and tell you so we could investigate." Mori added. "Which is why the others are here too."

"Lucy's keys started to glow so Tama-chan ran all the way to the roof since Natsu said that Lucy was up there with you guys." Honey explained. "But when we got there, you guys were already passed out with blow darts on your necks and Aya, or I guess Lucy, was in the hands of this tall guy who was standing next to Akito... I think."

"But then we were also shot with blow darts... and that's how we found ourselves here." Tamaki said, disappointment evident on his face.

"What!?" Haru asked. "Tell us, what did the tall guy look like?"

"Um... he was wearing a dress shirt and slacks and his hair covered his left eye." Honey recalled.

"No... there's no way..." Momiji said in disbelief. "Ha'ri did that?"

"No... There's no way Hatori would do something willingly." Yuki said.

"What about you guys?" Kyoya asked. "Why were you all hit with the blow darts? What were you doing on the roof with Aya?"

"Like you, we found out that there had to be some sort of connection to Lucy and Aya." Hikaru stated. "But the reason we found out was because when we first approached Aya, she had referred to me by name without me having to introduce myself."

"All of us, even Yuki and the others, had this same familiar feeling that we had whenever we had Lucy around so we tested our theory by having her hug Kyo to see if he would transform into a cat. But he didn't." Kaoru added.

"We also found out that she had woken up at Sohma house not knowing who she was and easily figured that her memories were wiped clean on Akito's orders." Haruhi added.

"Her memories!?" Tamaki shouted. "They were erased!?"

"Yes and that would explain why she had no idea who we are and why she threatened me when we met on her first of school." Yuki said.

"She believed that all Sohmas ignored her cries for help when Akito would torment her and that we were all monsters that only existed to ruin her life that she didn't even remember. Except for the fact that Akito accused her of killing Lucy." Kyo explained.

"That's so mean..." Honey said, a tear forming in his eye.

Suddenly, a groan followed by a growl was heard from Natsu's unconscious form. His body flinched before his hands tried to move only to be restrained. "Ow... what the hell? My head's pounding..." It took him a moment to realize what kind of predicament he was in, but once the memories flowed back, he immediately sat upright with little to no effort. "Lucy!"

That's when the fire dragon slayer acknowledged everyone in the room and not only that, and that like him, they were all tied by the hands and feet. "What's going on!? What happened and where the creep who took Lucy!?"

"Natsu calm down! We all just woke up too" Tohru pleaded. "If anyone knows where Lucy is, it's Akito!"

Natsu growled under his breath and immediately turned to Gajeel and Gray who were unconscious next to him. With one grunt, he lifted his legs and slammed them against Gray and Gajeel's torso, putting everyone except for Mori, Kyoya and Haru into panic mode. "Wake up you lazy heads! We gotta go find Luce!"

Gags from Gray and Gajeel rang through the room as they coughed while regaining consciousness. "That sound... it was like bones broke..." Tohru thought.

As Gajeel and Gray attempted to regain feeling and such, Natsu proceeded to make a small flame produce from his finger and burn the rope that tied his hands together. Once he was free, he snapped the ropes in half and did the same with the ropes on his feet. "Well that was easy." He said before crossing his arms and looked to Gajeel and Gray. "Are you both awake now?"

"Salamander... I swear if we weren't in the situation we're in right now... I'd have killed you." Gajeel said in a gruff voice as he cut the ropes with his Iron Dragon sword.

"You're lucky Erza wasn't next to us or she would've done something worse to you... while still tied up." Gray added, freezing the ropes before snapping it clean into shards.

"Your point?" Natsu retorted. "Now hurry up and help me free everyone else."

"It's a good thing that we're friends with literal magical beings." Kaoru said as tears fell from his face.

"Thank lord we did." Hikaru agreed, his actions mimicking his brother's.

"Speaking of which... now that," Haruhi paused at her sentence as she looked at the other Fairy Tail mages who hadn't woken up yet. "...most of us are awake, what should we do now?"

"Obviously we're going to find Luce and make that bastard Akito to give her memories back." Gray said as a matter-of-factly while cutting the Sohmas' ropes off with an ice shard.

"I don't think that would be an appropriate option for fools like you." A voice suddenly said.

Everyone, especially the Sohmas, turned their heads in the direction of the voice only to be faced with a silhouette that stood hidden in the darkest corner of the room. The Sohmas' eyes widened as so did Natsu's. They hadn't sensed his presence nor did the dragon slayer catch his scent, though in his defense, he was more focused on finding Lucy before anything else. But Akito just stared at them coldly, his hands neatly tucked beneath his elbows as he leaned against the wall.

"Akito!" Yuki said, raising his voice in anger.

"My Yuki... how brave you've gotten..." Akito said in monotone. "You used to be so obedient...now you... even Hatsaharu and Momiji are going against me."

"That's not true!" Momiji protested.

"Though... it doesn't surprise me.. that the cat decided to follow as well."

"What'd you say!?" Kyo asked.

"Where's Lucy, bastard?" Natsu demanded. "You better tell me now, or I'll burn this whole damn place down to ashes!"

"I wouldn't do that if I were you." The Sohma head said.

"And why not!?" Haruhi demanded.

"You burn this place... you burn her along with it." Akito simply replied.

Aya, who had awoken when Natsu kicked Gray and Gajeel awake, listened to the exchange between everyone in the room and she couldn't believe what Akito just said. Lucy is actually alive? She just couldn't believe that. The fact that Akito basically said that Lucy was also in this god forsaken house, it left her speechless. She had spent 6 months wallowing in guilt about a person who was never really dead. And that just made Aya all the more angry.

But then, it made her question even more. Were the others right about her? Was she really the Lucy Heartfilia they all said she was? But, if she was... why couldn't she remember anything? When she woke up that day 6 months ago, all she remembered was being tied to a chair and Hatori letting untying her. In the small parts of her memory of that wretched day, she could vaguely remember what happened prior to her passing out, before her mind went completely blank.

Hatori had said something to Akito, their voices were muffled with how weak she felt at that moment but she could still tell it was them, and she remembered herself trying to stay awake. But what she could most definitely remember was them talking about some curse. Thanks to Tohru and the others, she now knew they were talking about the Zodiac curse.

After she fully regained consciousness, she had no memory, but Akito had called her Aya Lilith, and proceeded to blame her for Lucy's death. A death of someone she never knew. Now that the memory of her spirits had come back to her, Aya was more than less convinced now that she was indeed Lucy Heartfilia, but how could she forget her memories? She needed them in order to remember. She had to do something to trigger them back.

"What should I do... Kyo said they never knew I existed regardless of the times I screamed, so there's no way they can hear me..." Aya thought aloud. "This room must be soundproof."

The room she was in, the room she hated so much, was small, only big enough to fit a twin size bed and a 3 layered dresser for her clothes. It was easy to say for sure that she was hidden in Akito's room but where and how to get out is the tricky part. Though the room was made of strong bamboo wood, plus the extra layer that made it soundproof, it was strong and there was no way she could break down by her strength alone. There was also the part that she didn't know how to get in or out because Akito would only take her in or out whenever she was asleep, making it so she didn't know how to escape,

How am I supposed to get out of here?

She didn't know what to do, but since a piece of her memory was returned to her, she hoped that more would continue to remind her... just who these people were to her and just how important she was to them for them to go out of their way like this just for her. To the point even 4 of the zodiac members have gone against Akito's demands. That even these magical beings that the others were referring to were also on her side.

And then there were her spirits... her memory of them still warming her heart. Happiness flooding her body that she was able to remember her relationships with them and the struggles that they faced together. Going through the bits and pieces of broken memory that only contained her spirits, she was able to recall one that had appealed to her particular situation. Giving her an answer to escape.

"You did it! You can summon us without using a gate key!"

"Yeah... but it still takes a lot of concentration."

"For now yes, but if you keep practicing you will be able to summon us whenever you want!"

"Eventually, but I think I'll stick to gate keys during battle for now..."

"With a lot of concentration... I can summon them..." Aya mumbled as she nodded at her plan and sat down in meditation position. If she could summon even just one of her spirits, then maybe she could get out of the room. "Just breathe... focus... bring them through the gate..."

After Akito had uttered the words from his mouth, the sound of rope being cut in half cut through the silence. The air within the rooms walls began to thicken, quite literally, a circulated as if on a breezy day. Water began to be drained from the plants in the room, making the plants die and spread to float around the fairies and the others. Natsu, Gray and Gajeel smirking, knowing full well just who was making all this happen.

In one swift movement, faster than the naked eye could process, Erza was suddenly in front of Akito and had a clearly sharp sword at the base of the black haired Sohma's neck. Everyone obviously surprised since Erza's speed was something incomparable to Honey, Mori, Yuki, Kyo, Haru or even Kagura's abilities, not to mention that the glare she sported was absolutely terrifying. "You say that, but I can assure you that that will most definitely not happen."

"Aya, or I guess we know now is Lucy, is still strong regardless of not being able to recall her magic." Wendy said, eyes narrowed with a smirk plastered on her face.

"And with me around, you don't have to worry about the fire." Juvia added, reassuring the anxieties of the non-mages of Natsu's plan to burn the whole place down.

Akito's expression remained unchanged and he just scoffed, unimpressed. "If that is what you call a threat, then I suggest you rethink who you are dealing with because I am not even the slightest bit scared of you."

Meanwhile, as the fairies and Akito have their little battle of who's more intimidating, Tamaki noticed that Lucy's celestial keys were glowing again, though much dimmer than the bright light from earlier on the rooftop. The older Suoh easily concluding that his sister was close by and was either trying to get in contact with her spirits or unconsciously doing so. But, since he wasn't a mage himself, he couldn't sense where the source of magic was coming from, or in this case, connecting.

Kyoya noticed Tamaki's scanning of the room and noticed the dim glow of Lucy's keys. He shifted his eyes around the room and thankfully he had memorized the blueprints of Akito's room that his informant had sent and concluded that they were most definitely in Akito's room. The secret room that held Lucy wasn't obviously laid out on the blueprint but it was easy to assume where it was placed.

In the plans of the room, there was a screen door that would have been used as a closet and Kyoya noticed that on the blueprints, there was a mark for a sort of latch on the back wall that could only be locked from the outside. Knowing that, it was easy for Kyoya to determine where Lucy was being hidden.

What was even better was that the screen door was the exact screen door that Kyoya was leaning on as he sat in silence. Before he did anything else, he scanned the situation again. Everyone was already freed of their bindings and Akito was focused on the fairies as they were all standing in front of him, making it so that his attention was all on them. So slowly, and quietly, little by little did Kyoya move the screen door. Only so he could carefully reach his hands in and pick the lock to release Lucy.

"You say you're not afraid, but I can feel you shaking." Erza said, making Akito gnash his teeth together in frustration.