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"D-Dad? Why are you here?" Lucy asked him, feeling a little awkward.
Makarov stood up and came close to them, "Lucy, your father came all this way to explain everything, because we believe that the mafia responsible for your tragedy may be involved to the recent happenings in Magnolia. I decided to seek him out for the exact details of the Black Dragon."
Lucy looked at Jude's eyes furiously, how can her family kept this secret for so long.
Lucy sat down on the couch, crossing her legs and facing her father and Don Makarov sitting on the adjacent side.
Jude suddenly broke the silence "so.. How are you Lucy?" He asked her
Lucy hesitated and gave in a sigh "I'm fine... You look healthy .. That's good" she blushed at the embarrasment.
Jude smiled seeing his little girl embarrased to see him. The Don cleared his throat to signal Jude to start his story.
He nodded in agreement
"Lucy I bet, he's told you all about the Black Dragon." Jude started. Which Lucy replied with a nod.
"That time while I worked there, I was hung up on the business world. Acnologia taught me many things about it, the complexity and simplicity of work. I was given an opportunity to give a better life for your mother, Layla. As soon as I became better acquainted with him his true colors started to appear infront of me. He was vile and wicked. He had plans to abolish the business industry thru his connections to mafia's and rich non government organizations."
" Few months after my promotion, papers came flying in the office, I was forbidden to even touch them they were directly sent by a person."
Jude adjusted his seat and drank the tea infront if him "I remained favored by him to prevent losing my job but things were not going well in the company. Joint accounts from investors piled up money in some banks. Most had foreclosure due to to intensive loss of investment. Basically, Acnologia was starting to take control over the money. It was starting to get suspicious in the office and many employees were forced to quit.."
"I was one of the lucky ones...Then a day came when Acnologia died suddenly, it was not determined in the autopsy of the cause of death. In time there was a short feud inside the company of who was worthy of being the heir of the business, all hands mostly pointed to me but Precht refused and so I lost the position" Jude stated.
"Will you get to the point already?" Lucy shot him a look completely furious.
Jude showed a down expression "After sales dropped and so did the rates of the company the board forced Precht for resignation and handed the position to me..."
Jude hesitated. "I stole something from the company years ago as soon as I got the shares of the company. In order to renew it I had to dive in to the older files and research the current foundation of the company then I saw.."
Jude pulled out an envelope and placed it in front of the coffee table separating the couches.
"I found these files in the main office" Jude stared at the papers.
Don Makarov read the papers intently until he finished the last page and saw the signatures of the paper. His eyes widen at the words written at the bottom page.
Lucy's expression changed as well wondering what made him looked so tense. She looked at her father and asked "what did you find out?"
Jude looked at Lucy with painful look in his eyes. He breathed and said "the Black Dragon was a front strategy. Acnologia connected with worldwide investors, Atlas Flame, Zirconis and many more powerful networks. They planned on creating a council that allows them to take over and manipulate the world. Acnologia was the most powerful corporate man in the group, Magnolia held the highest number of assets in weapons, drugs and technologies. It became much easier once he became acquainted with mafia's in magnolia. Thru this I deduced that Acnologia's plan was to overthrow the democratic government and make him ruler not only to magnolia but to the world."
Makarov squinted his eyebrow trying to sink in all the information he has heard. Lucy asked calmly "because of this mom died?"
Jude looked at the floor feeling shameful "yes, and it's all because of me"
Lucy felt tears coming in her eyes but she stopped them, she turned her face to the other side.
"Lucy I-"
"I'm not mad, nor do I hate you more. I just want you to give us all the information you have regarding this..and then after that you may leave." She looked at him expressionless.
Lucy stood up and asked the Don permission to leave. Makarov felt the thin air in the room so he decided to speak privately with Lucy outside before ending their meeting.
As soon as they left the room the Don brought her to the reading room beside his study.
"Lucy... I noticed you were well acquainted with Sting-kun" he asked
"Not this again.." Lucy thought. Natsu was enough trouble, she replied "yes we were good friends during our college years"
"Good, then I'd like you to have him under your surveillance" he said seriously.
Lucy eyed his statement "w-wait is sting a bad-?"
"No, not really... Its not something we aren't sure of ... That's why for now I want you to observe him, know why he has gone into the influence of mafia men.." The Don said.
"Hmmm.. Does this have something to do with the incident the other night?" Lucy asked.
"Maybe or maybe not, for now I still do not have the answers.. All I know is that we cannot fully trust your friend for now.. We have to take extra care. That's why be careful with the information you share with him, Lucy."
Lucy nodded in agreement.
The Don smiled, as he was about to return to his office where her father was waiting he turned to Lucy and said "Give him a chance, Lucy"
Lucy just stared as soon as his figure disappeared from her sight she continued going back to her room.
"Hmph" she grunted with a few tears in her eyes..
Meanwhile in the office..
Jude sighed and sat down with tireful sigh. "Hey" a voice behind him said. He turned around to see the Don holding a bottle if whiskey and 2 shot glasses. "You with me old friend?" The Don smiled wildly.
Jude chuckled and smiled in approval.
While Lucy briskly walked away from the Don's office she heard two voices below the staircase. As she went closer, she saw a blue haired man over shadowing another person in front of him.
"So is that really what you want?" The man said in sensual tone.
"J-Jellal.. What's gotten int- ahh~!"
Suddenly Lucy saw the man move closer to the person below him. Lucy got a clearer view of the mysterious silhouettes and saw it was Erza and Jellal frolicking under the staircase.
Jellal started nipping Erza's neck, slowly caressing her leg while she was getting hot. She was red as her scarlet hair while Jellal aroused her.
Jellal went back to the eye level of Erza and passionately kissed her. His hands were roaming around Erza's backless dress, while Erza started roaming her hands around his chest and neck.
Lucy felt embarrassed at what she saw, she didn't mind changing course of where she was headed to. It would be a disaster if she was caught staring and eavesdropping. She moved backwards and crossed over to the other wing in soft footsteps.
Lucy was almost in her room when she spotted Natsu across the hallway. She didn't look at him and kept walking, hoping they'd just cross paths. Just a few steps from her room Natsu started to walk fast as well. As they both reached at her door they both stopped. It was awkward and Lucy felt her heart beating fast,she felt the tension and embarrasment. She was always nervous at the present of Natsu. She closed her eyes waiting for Natsu to speak when suddenly he passed and ignored her.
She was shocked at his action and turned around to see continuing on his walk towards the end of the hall. Her mouth opened in confusion "What the?" She pouted at her embarassment and rushed to her room.
She wailed in confusion "Lucy! What's going on with you!?" She started messing up her hair. She breathed heavily from her actions and started to fix her thoughts. She felt disappointed and sad that Natsu hadn't care to talk to her. "Shit, Screw you...Natsu Dragneel.."
A few moments after fixing herself, Lucy was then called on for dinner by Kinana. She looked at her watch. "It's 6 already!".
She walked thru the hallways in her purple dress, a subtle amount of cleavage can be seen and her hair was done in a curled up-do. She reached the dining hall seeing almost everyone was there. She saw Sting raise up a hand at her signaling her to sit beside him. Lucy noticed the Don was nowhere but she remembered what he said so she continued to the seat beside Sting.
Natsu gazed at her from head to toe. "What the hell?! Is she trying to seduce him or something?!" He thought heavily. He stared at her, seeing if she'll look at him.
Lucy felt the awkward stare of Natsu and she tried to take a peek at him. She saw him staring at her deeply but she just moved on to the seat beside Sting.
Natsu started to feel wierd again "Shit I don't care anymore" He thought "Be with him for all I care.." he began eating the food infront of him trying hard not to look at Lucy.
Lucy began her meal taking short peeks if Natsu was looking at her, but any moment from the time she sat beside Sting, Natsu didn't look at her direction anymore.
"Lucy-san, Luuuuucy!"
Lucy looked at Sting trying to get her attention. "I'm sorry, I was thinking of something."
"don't doze off at me like that. You seem tired don't you wanna rest? " sting asked worriedly.
"No thanks, I'm fine." Lucy smiled at his concern.
After a few minutes of dining, noise of banging were heard from the outside.
Elfman stood up to peek at the curtains. Then suddenly he flinched and turned around with a flustered face.
Everyone became curious as the noise grew louder. Natsu then asked Jellal beside him "where's gramps?"
Before Jellal could even speak the windows shattered and 2 men half naked and induced in alcohol came flying in. They rolled in the curtains that came along with them when they crashed and noises from awhile ago was heard once again.
"What'd you mean old!? I can take you anytime!?" Gramps shouted feeling victorious wiggling his dick around Jude's face.
"You better get your balls out of my-"
The curtains were removed and Lucy felt so ashamed at the sight of her father in such a ill mannered position.
They behaved instantly, kneeling and Mavis immediately came in with a handful of clothes.
Lucy came close to her father and smacked him in the head. His father looked at her with nervous eyes. Her face was expressionless but her eyes were smiling.
"Geez, you know you're not good with alcohol" she said
She helped him up and helped hi walk out of the room. Jude turned around and bowed to everyone in the room, he said "I apologize for my rash behavior, I'm Lucy's father." She pulled him out of his embarrassment.
"H-hey, stop that will you." She said with an embarrassing tone.
As the door closed everyone started murmuring.
"Lucy's dad huh?"
"Didn't see the resemblance."
"Man those drinking skills tho"
"Do you think she has those too?"
Mavis tried to help Makarov stand up but he kept rolling in the curtains keeping the others from catching him. In short it was a ruckus.
After Lucy brought her father up to her room she made him a sponge bath and put him in his comfortable clothes which she got from Mavis. Her father started snoring she cupped his cheek and whispered " idiot father" She smiled to herself guessing where she got that trait of stupidity from.
She went to her desk and wrote down a letter, placed a few checks with large amounts of money. She placed it on the bed side table and left the room.
As she went down to explain what'd happened she saw Erza coming out of the room. Erza noticed Lucy and came to her "How's your dad?" She asked.
"He's an old geezer, but he'll push through" she smiled cheekily.
Erza smiled at her and asked her seriously "I've been meaning to ask, what is your relationship with Sting?"
"Sting? He's an old college friend" Lucy replied.
Erza looked queer at her reply. "Nothing special? He seems to be very fond of you."
Lucy showed a questioning look "He and I were friends because of my room mate. It's really a long story but he really is just a friend. I'm actually wondering why he's acquainted with mafia's as well actually."
Erza asked "why?"
Lucy sighed noticing this would be a long talk. She brought Erza along with her to the gardens noticing no one around she started to blab about her past and sting.
"My room mate Yukino was very out going, very contradicting to my personality" Lucy chuckled. She continued "during our Junior year Yukino fell deeply for Sting but seeing he was a really quiet guy she didn't know how to start a conversation with him. She asked me to go talk to him since we were both classmates at an elective and then there, because of my friend Yukino I was... Well uhm.. Forced to become friends with him." She smiled
"Did your friend Yukino-san get to talk to him?" Erza asked with an intriguing vibe to the subject.
Lucy smiled at her interest and said in a low tone "well.. Not actually.. Sting was a Senior, a bathc higher than us, he was also an art major and he was usually alone most of the time, in fact he really didn't like it when I kept bothering him, but then as soon as he met Yukino he became much closer with us. After a few months I'm not sure what happened but Sting migrated to another country after his graduation leaving Yukino. According to Yukino she assumed that he may have not liked her.. She was really heart broken, but she blamed herself. Since then I never really talked to Sting but Yukino told me If I see him, I should restrain myself from punching him.. but then taht was before.. I bet Yukino isn't as affected as she was before." Lucy looked on the lake watching as the moon reflected on the water.
Erza sighed "ohhh.. Then particularly there really is nothing going on between you two?"
Lucy started to give up, she laughed childishly "no, there really is nothing"
Erza suddenly stood up, she looked at the moon above and spoke out of nowhere "Well then, I hope things turn out well" turned out she felt relieved that Natsu still had a chance on Lucy. She smiled at her and left to go to bed while Lucy insisted on staying behind to think about her and Natsu.
She started feeling bored in her sitting position so she stood up and moved to the glass house garden.
While walking she heard footsteps behind her.. As she turned around she saw no one. It was silent and the wind and rustling leaves of the trees can only be heard
"What the hell was that?" She asked herself