Hello, guys ! Ready for the last translation before the original chapter. Like I said, after this, I'll write a French chapter then a translation. I hope you'll like that chapter. Review if you like or if you have an advice.

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P.S. : I don't own Fairy Tail, just my OCs.

Chapter 4 : Search, Assault and Relaxation

/- Magnolia -/

- "HAPPY! WHERE ARE YOU ?"

Even if the day had just began, the peace of Magnolia was already disturbed by the mages, but the inhabitants could feel that this time, the reasons weren't the same as usual. Members of all the guilds ran through all the city, searching for Natsu's Exceed. When the latter rushed into the guild crying out that he had disappeared, the reactions came almost immediately and quickly, several groups left the building, looking for him. Hopefully, he was still in town or at least nearby. Frosch, Panther and Carla looked for him from the sky but in spite of their efforts, the blue cat was still nowhere to be found. At the guild, the atmosphere was heavy and Natsu clearly had something to do with it.

- "It's one of those Strizers scheme, it has to ! They kidnapped him !"

- "Calm down Nastu, we aren't even sure he left the city. We mustn't jump to conclusion.", Lucy tried to moderate Natsu, but Happy's disappearance was also worrying her, and as if it wasn't already complicated, Warren had no good news.

- "Nobody found anything yet. And though I tried my best, I can't reach Happy. So either he is too far, or something prevents me from getting in touch with him, or he is unable to answer."

- "Natsu, when you were at your home this morning, did you saw something that could help us? An indication, a message or something else?" Asked Makarov. Natsu frowned, trying to remember before sighing.

- "No, absolutely nothing. When I got up this morning, Happy had disappeared and all his things with him."

- "Ah. So we have no more… ." Cana stopped mid-sentence, realizing something. "Wait. His things also disappeared?"

- "Uh, yeah."

- "And you couldn't say it earlier!" The shout of the card mage surprised Natsu, who had a backlash.

- " Why ? It's not that important. Yes ? "

- " Of course it is important, ash breath. " Intervened Gray. " I don't see why a kidnapper would take his victim's stuff with him, that's even more weird considering that Happy's a cat. Which would mean that Happy left by himself. "

- " What are you saying, ice-prick? " Retorted Natsu. " Why Happy would leave alone all of a sudden without even telling anyone? "

- " I remind you that after the Tartaros incident, you left without warning anybody apart Bunny Girl. " Intervene Gajeel. " Well, if the 10 word note you left can be considered as a decent message, which wasn't the case. Then you aren't in position to lecture anyone on this matter. " Natsu could only admit that Gajeel was right.

- " Well OK, you got a point, I am not the best placed to make this kind of remark, but still. Why would he leave without telling me ? That's not like him. "

- " I have to say that this Strizers might have something to do with it. " Pointed out Lector, showing itself for the first time this morning. " When we beat the first Strizer at Karista, Happy looked strange when we were leaving, and he still was yesterday evening when we returned. "

- " AH. You see? I knew that these guys are behind his disappearance. " Exclaimed Natsu, satisfied to see that somebody shared his point of view.

- " Personally, I think that you have your share of responsibility in this. "

Lucy had spoken and her words caused the present mages, and Natsu in particular, to look at her with big shocked eyes. Natsu's shock was quickly replaced by an annoyed expression.

- "At since when it is my fault ?"

- "The problem with you, Natsu, is that you say and do things without paying attention to what the others can feel. For example, when you are in total swoon in front of Frosch and Lector new forms."

- "What? But I've said nothing bad." Natsu got indignant, not understanding what Lucy's point was.

- "Even if it's not your intention, you hurt people because you're not paying attention to what you say far too often." Lucy now stood in front of Natsu, each of her words coming along with one step forwards, making the dragon go back until he found himself against the wall. "Happy is the only Exceed who just know how to fly and nothing else while the others can transform and fight with their respective partners. And to see you wanting the same thing hurts him because it's not something he can't do for you." Judging by Natsu's reaction, the stellar mages words had reached him. But Lucy decided to speak her mind a little more. "According to me, Happy ran away because of that. And I don't know if it's to return one day." On these words, she went away from Salamander, returning to the bar, letting the latter slide along the wall, brought down by what he had just heard.

- "If he ran away, then he probably left the city." Said Makarov, turning to the mind mage of the guild. "Warren, call back the others."

- "OK, I'm on it."

/- In the streets of Magnolia, with Rufus and Orga -/

- "Apparently, there's no need to look for Salamander's Exceed anymore. Let's return to Fairy Tail."

Orga and Rufus, the 2 Sabertooth mages, were, like the other, were searching for Happy thinking that a Strizer was behind its disappearance, but they had just learnt by Warren that Happy had ran away.

- "A runaway, right? It's true that I remember that he was strange yesterday evening." Granted Rufus, while he and Orga turned back to return to the guild.

- "Yeah. You believe that this plants dude was able to do him something?" Wondered Orga, entering an alley with his partner.

- " It is a possibility. "

While they continued to walk, they perceived a silhouette, up in the middle of the path in front of them. It did not move and his long hooded coat totally hide his face.

- "Who are you ? " Orga asked the question, surprised with the sudden appearance of this strange character. The latter heaved a sigh before speaking.

- " Aah. I do not like this kind of situation, but it turns out that I have no choice, if I want to draw your attention. " The unknown guy had sighed by lowering his head, ignoring Orga's question, before recovering, revealing eyes which shone as lighthouses in the night. " My apologies, but the fate had decided to put you on my path, so I'll have to use the two of you. "

- " I have no memory to have already met somebody having so much underestimated me. " Noticed Rufus, slightly frowning. " But I am going to engrave your defeat in my memory. "

- "Yeah. I'm not the kind of guy to be afraid of some cloaked freak."

- "Alas, I'm afraid that it won't be like you hope it will be. Also, there is no such thing as a tiger who's not afraid of a lion. "

The two tigers were about to rush at him when they were stopped as they saw some kind of lion appearing behind him. The sheer sight of it petrified the two guys, as if they were looking at a wild beast directly in the eyes. The stranger opened his arms, then closed them again, joining his hands like in a prayer, a light appearing between the 2.

SOLAR FLASH !

A blinding light shone between the hands, forcing Rufus and Orga to close their eyes and their opponent took advantage of the situation.

UV STREAM !

/- At the same time, in the sky -/

Frosch, Carla and Panther were flying over the city, trying to find Happy from the air when they received Warren's message. On the way back, they tried to understand the reasons why Happy could have left.

- " It is certainly one of these Strizers scheme. " began Panther, on their way to return to the guild. " I don't know what the one they saw did, but he might have manipulated him to make us fall in a trap."

- " Fro thinks so too ! "

- " But at the same time, that doesn't explains why he would leave with his stuff. What are you thinking about that, Carla? "

But the answer didn't came immediately. Looking at Wendy's partner, the 2 male saw her lost inher thoughts, eyes locked on the horizon. Panther saw that as an opportunity there to tease a little his female friend.

- " You miss him already? " The remark of the black Exceed brought Carla out of her staring so brutally that she almost lost control of her wings.

- " Wh-what are talking about? That's not that at all ! " She denied vigorously, but she was not able to get rid of the red blush appearing on her face. " It's just that … " Her sentence remained unfinished, interrupted by a bright light coming from an alley not far from the guild. Intrigued, the 3 Exceeds exchanged a look before going to the alley. When they reached their destinations, they were paralyzed by the show in front of them.

Rufus and Orga were laying on the ground, unconscious and if simply seeing two of the most powerful mages of Sabertooth knocked out was already hard to believe, their current state was beyond the conceivable. Their skins were of a darker red than the Erza's hair and there was blisters of many sizes on some places, steam coming out of their bodies, like boiled crayfish.

- " RUFUS! ORGA! " Frosch's shout brought the cats out of their torpor and threw themselves on both mages, and when they put their paws on them, they noticed that their bodies were hotter than the sand in a desert.

- " What could have put them in this state ? " Wondered Carla, who was still in shock.

- " I don't know, but it's not our priority. We should better return them to the guild, and fast. " Agreeing to Panther's order, Carla and Frosch joined him, transporting the 2 half cooked bodies to the guild.

/-Magnolia, Fairy Tail's sickbay-/

It was undoubtedly a lot for a single morning. Firstly, Happy goes missing, which was already enough to undermine the mages, and now, Rufus and Orga, cooked like meat at a barbecue, returned to the guild carried by 3 Exceeds. Wendy was looking after both mages, doing everything she could, with Minerva, Rogue, Yukino and Sting, the latter still convalescent, the 4 tigers waiting for Wendy to finish. As the pressure began to be unbearable, a groan was heard. Orga regained consciousness.

- " Orga! How are you, man ? What happened out there ? " Asked Rogue, who was now at the bedside of the god slayer.

- " Rogue, calm you. And you Orga, slowly, you are far from having fully recovered. " reminded Wendy.

- " Fuck, I am burning hot. What happened to me exactly? "

- " You are covered with second and third degree burns, and it is the same for Rufus. " Indicated the healer, before continuing. " You also suffer from dehydration. In fact, it's as if you had remained right under the sun unprotected during several hours, maybe several days. "

- " But everything happened in an instant. " mumbled Orga, drawing the attention of Minerva and the others.

- " Orga, what happened in this alley? " Asked the female ebony haired mage.

- " Well, with Rufus, we crossed the path a weird dude in the alley. He kept saying things like he didn't like the situation but have no choice. Then we saw golden eyes, also some kind of lion appearing behind him and he created some kind of flash which blinded us and shortly after, I began to be feel really hot, I felt my skin burning. I rushed at this guy, trying to beat his ass, but I could only manage to tore away a piece of his jacket, but he sent me back on the ground and I fainted. "

- " Thus, you have no idea of who assaulted you? " asked Yukino before Orga continues.

- " He also mentioned that he had to draw our attention, thus that reduces the field of research. "

- " Another Strizer. " The deduction of Sting suddenly made the pressure go up again, although everybody doubted that it could be something else.

- " I don't what he looks like, but when I saw that what I rip was one of his pocket, I quickly put it in mine before losing consciousness, in case he would have seen and destroyed it. " He searched in his pocket and took out a card. Yukino grabbed it and read in a loud voice what was written on it.

-Relaxation Center Kin no Minamoto-

-Yoga, meditation, hot springs and well-being-

- Client ID : 001502576 -

- "A business card for a relaxation center ? Those Strizers have strange hobbies." Commented Sting, sitting down on one of the beds.

- "In any case, no risks as for the origins of this station. Its been existing for years. It's in Akaruidesu, a city renowned for its hot spring." Indicated Yukino, trying to sound reassuring. At least, it means that this new enemy will not play in a place he created himself.

- "Maybe but that looks like a trap." Noticed Rogue, frowning, wondering what to do. "They attack two of our members and Orga managed to get an indication about where we can find him. I'm sure he is waiting for us to come."

- "Without a doubt, but we can't let this guy unpunished after he attacked 2 of our companions" Sting began to get up, now as Sabertooth's master. "Rogue, Minerva, Yukino, get ready. We are going there." While he began to go to the door, he was held by Yukino, who pulled him back inside and stood in front of him, hands on her hips, as if she was a mom scolding her son.

- "Sorry, master. But you are still hurt. So stay there and rest, we are going to take care to it. Trust us."

- "… OK, I trust you." Answered Sting, putting one of his hands on Yukino's head. "And stop calling me Master, it makes me feel like I'm as old as Makarof. I'd like you to call to me Sting, like the others." His sudden closeness made the white haired beauty reddened and Sting, realizing the situation, blushes too, taking a step back. "Yes, well uh. Get going, and good luck."

- "Y-Yes. Let's go, everyone." With this, she left the sickbay, followed by Rogue and Kagura, who were smirking at what just happened. Once outside, they explained to the other mages that they planned to go to Akaruidesu to find this new Strizer. In the crowd, somebody ask to come with them and much to everyone surprise, it was Lucy.

- "You know Lucy, they may go to a relaxation center, but it's going to be far from relaxing." Cana wanted to tease Lucy, but the blonde's answer was not the one that she hoped.

- "I know that well, but between Happy's missing and everything else, I need to get everything out of my mind and it's not by staying here that It's going to happened." By speaking about this 'else', she had looked to Natsu, always lethargic because of Lucy's word towards him. "Well, let us not waste time, let's go." While they got ready to go through the door, they were interrupted by Natsu, taken out of his lethargy when he saw Lucy and the members of Sabertooth reached the door.

- "Hey, wait, I'm coming with you."

- "Uh, sorry but you are not healed Natsu, you can't come with us." reminded Rogue, pointing the bandages who still surrounded his torso and his arms. But Natsu played deaf.

- "It's nothing. I have to come with you, you don't know what those guys are capable of."

- "What is it? You don't trust us ? Moreover, since those guy's have different kind of power, you don't know more than us on what we are going to face." By saying this, Lucy had turned to the dragon slayer, her eyes piercing Natsu.

- "It's not an issue about trusting you or not . These guys are powerful. You need help." Natsu insisted, without realizing that more and more people looked at him with dark eyes, while what he was saying became less and less credible.

- "So, you are implying that our group is lacking power to the point we need a guy who still has hard time standing up ?"

- "Luce, you aren't making any sense. I just say that …" *SLAP*

Natsu's sentence died in his throat, interrupted by a slap so strong as his head did a 90 degrees so abruptly that it was a miracle his cervical were still in one piece. putting his hand on his cheek where Lucy's hand had left a mark as red as Erza's hair, he turned his head towards Lucy, meeting with a look filled with anger, but also with disappointment.

- "Shut up right now, Natsu, you are sinking yourself. Next time, takes time to think about what you say before speaking. Let's go." With this, she turned her heels, getting out the door with the others, leaving behind her a still shocked Natsu, for the second time this day.

- "But … but I …" stuttered Natsu, not managing to understand why Lucy could be so angry at him. He turned to the others and Makarof addressed him.

- "Sorry, son. But on this, you'll have to understands what you did wrong alone." And on these words, they all returned to their activities, leaving Natsu behind, more lonely than ever.

/- Akaruidesu -/

Since the city of Akaruidesu was at the other side of the country, the train ride lasted all day long and even at night, obliging our 4 mages to sleep in the train. Lucy and Yukino had fallen asleep on their own side and were the first ones to get up and made a funny discovery when they woke up. In front of them, Kagura had fallen asleep with Frosch on her knees, her head on Rogue's shoulders, the latter head the brunette, one of his hands on her waist, keeping her close to him. Yukino blushed slightly in front of this scene, smiling nevertheless. Lucy's face was cut in half with a derisive smile and she cleared her throat, waking both mages, who took some time to realize their position. The surprise made them part quickly, trying to get off the other, but it was already too late.

- " Well, well. You seemed so peaceful, why this reaction? You would have liked being alone I imagine, isn't it ? " Teased Lucy.

- " It is not what you think ! " Exclaimed Minerva, her face red from embarrassment.

- " Yeah, we were just sleeping. It is not as if we had chosen to end in this position. " add Rogue, as red as his partner.

- " But yes, of course. "

Before Lucy could add to them embarrassment, she was interrupted by Frosch, who took care of it for her.

- " But Rogue, I saw you awoke that night and you didn't tried to go away from Minerva. In fact, you even put your arm around her waist. Is it because you are feeling less sick when she is there ? That's it ? "

- " That … That's not … " This series of revelations made short-circuited Rogue's brain, who did not seem to be able to form a coherent sentence. The tint of red on Minerva's face kept reddening by the minute whereas Lucy and Yukino had a hard time trying not to laugh. Fortunately for our poor victims, the train finally reached its destination, indicating the end of the nightmare for our two poor mages.

Akaruidesu was a very classic city, if it was not for the thermal baths and hot springs, which made the city's success. Walking through the city, the mages saw the silhouette of the center in the distance and they were surprised by its architecture. It was some kind of pagoda made of wood and stone. It was painted in white and these golden decorations glistened in the sun, to the point that it could easily dazzle you. They entered the building, heading to the marble counter which served as reception. The desk clerk, a red haired young woman, welcome them with a beaming smile.

- " Hello. Welcome to Kin no Minamoto. How can I help you? "

- " Hello, we are looking of somebody who should be one of your customers. " Explained Kagura, handing out the business card. " Is there a way to know who he is ? "

- " Regrettably, I am afraid that this information is confidential. ", answered the young woman, looking at the identification number on the card before recovering by smiling to the mages. " But, he comes every day to meditate, so if you want to see him, the best way would be to wait for him here. Why won't you use this time to use our services ? "

The 4 mages looked at each other, as if they were trying to know what to do.

- " Sorry, but we have " " OK, we are going to do that. " Rogue froze on spot, his sentence killed without remorse by the girls, the 3 mages accepting the proposition at the same time. While the 3 girls, arm in arm, walked to the changing rooms to change, Rogue remained nailed on the spot.

- Suddenly, I feel like I'm not existing. "

- " Fro think so too ! "

Sighing, Rogue let his arms limp by his side and went to the changing room, hoping that this business will end soon.

/-Later-/

- " Inspire and hold the position. "

Minerva, Lucy and Yukino did as told, following the orders of the instructor. They had quite a peaceful smile on their faces, this yoga's session making them forgot their problem for at least a moment. They were now in a position which required quite a lot of flexibility: on their knees, they had bent their bodies backward, to the point that their heads touched their feet (A.N. : king pigeon pose for those variation for those who ask). Being naturally quite flexible, they had no problem to keep the position, but what they had a hard time keeping, was their laughter. Indeed, somebody in the same room offered them the most hilarious of the show.

- " Who is the degenerate guy who create those stupid position ? "

Rogue, which had been forced to follow the girls, was undergoing a real torture. He was much less flexible than his friends and it was clearly showing. And you also could hear it, because even if he was trying to remain quiet, it was far from being the case. And in addition to that, the fact that he was the only one having a hard time frustrated him excessively.

- " Those positions are not human, it's the only explanation. "

- " Fro think so too ! " Answered the small cat, who tried to take the same position, without more success than his friend. Rogue turned its attention to his partners, stopping on Minerva.

" At least, the sight is not unpleasant … Wait what!? "

Rogue shook his head brutally as to clear his head, also trying to get rid of the red appearing on his cheeks. Even if he had to admit that the yoga outfit Minerva wore emphasized her curves and left no room to imagination. Closing his eyes, he refocused, trying again to reach this position which was breaking him bones.

/-Later, with Rogue and Frosch-/

- " Aaaaaahhh. This is relaxing. Incomparable to this lousy yoga. "

When Rogue had entered the hot spring, he felt his muscles relaxing all at once and sighed. These positions gave him the impression of being tortured. He could hear the girls discussing and laughing on the other side of the fence which separated the men from the women. He could see that several perverts tried to find a hole in the barrier to try to peep on the girls and even those who did not looked like they were trying to visualize what was happening on the other side. Rogue couldn't help but feel fury boiling in him in the idea that these guys were lusting on Minerva, even if he would not admit it. It was then that he noticed that among these people, there is one who seemed to didn't mind what was happening.

A young man was sitting cross-legged on the edge of the pond, eyes closed and seemed in full meditation. His long brown hair falling on his shoulders, he seemed unaware of the outside world, but the noise, although weak, seemed to hamper his concentration.

- " I can understand that the temptation is big, but please refrain your enthusiasm, if I way. " He asked in a deep voice. This intervention made one of the perverts react.

- " What? Man, don't tell me you don't what to peek at those beauties on the other side ? "

- " Everybody is looking for his own El Dorado, this voyeurism is not mine. "

Rogue was amazed by the attitude of this man, until his eyes locked with his. He had golden eyes. All at once, the Orga and the desk clerk's words returned to his mind.

- " … Then we saw golden eyes … he comes every day to meditate … "

Realizing who he had in front of him, Rogue felt the pressure rising all of a sudden and he saw the eyes of this man shone, as if he had smelt that Rogue had understood. Rogue leaped up, his body taking covering in shadows, getting ready to attack. The sudden change of behavior in Rogue frightened the other customers and Lucy, Minerva and Yukino, feeling Rogue's magic power rising, raised themselves at the top of the fence and got on the other side, joining Rogue. The stranger however didn't move at all.

- Don't. Or someone will die. "

His seriousness, his voice and the look in his eyes were so powerful that Rogue remained on-the-spot.

- " And who would that be ? "

Rogue's question aimed to be taunting, but he was far from confident.

- "…"

The silence lasted, Rogue supporting the look of this man, while waiting for the answer which arrived after 2 long minutes.

- "Me".

The sudden answer made Rogue collapse in the pond, the girls falling too. They clearly weren't expecting this kind of anti-climactic moment. When they got up, their opponent stood up, heading to the door.

- "We shall fight later. It is not the moment for that. Meet me in the abandoned temple outside of the city, tomorrow morning, at 10 in the morning."

As soon as he left, Minerva took a step, ready to follow him, but was stopped by Rogue who stretched his arm to stop her.

- "No, it would do no good to go after him now. We are going to get ready for tomorrow."

Although Lucy and Yukino agreed, they seemed focused on something really funny judging by their smile. Rogue followed their look and saw that when he tried to stop Minerva, he had put his hand on her breast, groping her. Seeing that, he moved back suddenly, as red as a lobster.

- "AAAAAAAHHH! I AM SO SORRY! I DIDN'T WANTED …!"

But by moving back, his towel slid and his 'tools' found itself displayed to the girls, which showed their embarrassment like everybody would have expected it.

- "KYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!"

Nobody knew what happened in these hot sources afterward, but when the 4 mages went to sleep at their hotel, humiliation and embarrassment was engraved on their faces.

OK. That's it. We're good. Now, I'm gonna write the 5th chapter in French, then I'll translate it in English afterward. I'm also gathering ideas for another fic, a One Piece one, so maybe the updates won't come as fast as I hope they would be, but I'm not forgetting those stories.

See you !

Next time : Fight to the zenith in the sun temple ! 3 Tiger and 1 Fairy against the Solar Lion !