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It was early afternoon on the first day of their journey to Sabretooth and the mood was relatively happy even though they assumed that their friends were probably already out looking for them, luckily Natsu couldn't smell any of their scents nearby but he kept ewes it was only a matter of time before they tracked them down they had three dragon slayers which all of which had already picked up the trail. They had been walking through the forest long since abandoned the path

"Are they nearby?" Mira asked seeing him constantly sniffing the air.

"No not yet but I doubt it will be too long" he said solemnly.

"It will be ok" Mira said while gripping his hand tighter, since their earlier conversation neither of them had let go of the others hand.

"I hope so I really don't like the idea of being on the run from our friends" Natsu said pulling her a little closer.

"No I don't either" she replied resting her head on his shoulder.

Meanwhile back at the scene of the fight.

Erza was inspecting the unconscious body of the bandit. The rest of her team consisted of Lucy, Gray, Wendy, Elfman, Happy and Carla

"Did he kill him?" Gray asked

"No only unconscious" Erza replied "And it looks like Mira helped" she said looking at the injury on her leg. "Wendy can you pick up his scent?" Erza asked.

"Yes I can it looks like he's heading in the direction of Onibus" Wendy replied sniffing the air to come firm.

"What's at Onibus and why would they held there?" Lucy asked with a confused face.

"The only thing of note there is the Sabretooth guild" Erza said I thought.

"Surely they wouldn't.." Gray was cut off.

"We can't take the risk we're half a day behind them as it is" Erza spoke standing up. "Warren can you hear us?" Erza asked the air.

"Load and clear Erza what have you found out" a voice replied in the groups head.

"We believe the pair are heading for Sabretooth in Onibus can you get in contact with Laxus and Gajeel squads and tell them to meet us there" Erza stated.

"Roger that will do" Warren replied.

"Come on we need to start heading that way now" Erza said starting a slow jog.

Back with Mira and Natsu Late at night.

It had only been a little while ago he thought he caught a slight smell of Erza but it was far away and he hadn't smelt anything else since then so he guessed they must of stopped for the night.

"I guess we should stop for the night" Natsu yawned seeing the tired expression on Mira's face.

"Yea that would be nice" Mira said with relief in her voice " Its been a long couple of days"

"Yea it has been here looks good and he said pointing at a space just big enough to fit the sleeping bags in, they then soon settled down with Mira dashing behind a tree to change in to her nightgown, when she done so she joined Natsu and crawled in to her sleeping bag next to Natsu.

"Goodnight Natsu sleep well" She spoke with a smile.

"Yea you too Mira" Natsu replied knowing sleep wouldn't come easy to him not only because of the nightmares but also because he knew that the chances were Erza would get an early start in tracking them, he was only relived that he had been on so many missions with her before he knew all of her tactics and methods and that's what scared him, eventually after hours of tossing and turning he fell in to an uneasy sleep.

He awoke a few hours later sweeting remembering his dream as he tried to sit up but felt a pressure on his chest he looked up to see a white haired woman laying on his chest in a deep sleep he felt all the worries of his dream disappear as he felt her shallow breathing tickling his chest he smiled as he looked down at the sleeping from of his girlfriend? He wondered to himself thinking what they were now he pushed the thoughts aside and sniffed the air he could smell them just on the range of his range of smell Erza, Lucy, Happy, Carla, Gray, Elfman and Wendy, he cringed at who he could smell chasing them 'Damn it would have to be my old team and Elfman' he thought to himself he then looked back down at Mira.

"Mira wake up" Natsu said rocking her shoulder slightly getting no response he tried again. "Come on Mira you have to wake up" he said again pushing g her shoulder slightly as he heard her stir.

"Is it morning already?" she mumbled not opening her eyes, it was still dark out and the sun hadn't begun to rise yet.

"Sort of but we have to get moving" Natsu spoke as Mira raised her head off his chest with a blush.

"Why are we up so early" she said turning her head to hide the blush.

"I know I'm sorry but they are on the move and moving fast" Natsu spoke getting up not noticing her red cheeks.

"What already?" she asked in shock.

"Yea it's Erza's strict rules when tracking a target" Natsu replied "You need to get changed quickly we're still a days run from Onibus" Mira nodded darting behind a tree to quickly change. Soon she was back but in a more practical running gear she wore a tight pink tank top with black jogging bottoms, Natsu looked her over for a moment in amazement at how she could look beautiful but was pulled back to reality when he heard a giggle.

"See something you like Natsu" Mira said happy at the attention, she wondered what to call Natsu was she his boyfriend she decided to ask him later at a more appropriate time. Natsu quickly looked away.

"We should get on the move, we need to keep a fast pace" Natsu said distracting himself. "Can you keep up?" he asked.

"Can you?" she asked with a smirk trying to keep the mood up even though they were on the run from their friends she didn't want to fight her friends but deep down she knew she would have to.

"That sounds like a challenge" he smiled a little back before setting off at a decent pace, he could still smell the group from earlier it what worried him is he could also smell another group this one was smaller "Laxus" he whispered to himself.

"What was that Natsu?" Mira asked with a curious look.

"Its probably nothing but I think I smell Laxus" Natsu said with slight panic, no matter how strong Natsu got he was always on par with Laxus especially now he had managed to rid himself of his magic barrier particles so he wouldn't hold back.

"How far away?" she asked.

"Hopefully far enough we should make it to Sabretooth before he catches up" Natsu said with a little confidence with that they picked up the pace. If Natsu had worked it out right they would reach Onibus about late afternoon he was just hoping that the guild would listen to him and not be like fairy tail.

They had been running most of the day it was now around four in the afternoon and they were getting close to the town. Natsu's attention had mostly stayed on Erza's group which made up a fair amount of ground when they stopped for a rest, they now within half a mile of Natsu and Mira, they could see the town with the second strongest guild in it. As they entered the outskirts of town they stopped and asked for directions to the guild since they had never been there before it was only a five minute walk round the corner, as they had finished asking for directions they heard a call.

"Mira get away from him" they turned to see Erza who had Requiped in to her speed armour and getting closer.

"Damn" Natsu cursed to himself smelling the rest of the group not far behind.

"What's gotten in to you why are you chasing us we left the guild?" Mira said standing between Natsu and the now very close Erza.

"We have to make sure this monster doesn't hurt anyone" She replied with disgust on the work monster.

"You really have fallen to think that family is a monster" Mira replied with sadness in her voice.

"What are you going to do with me if you catch me?" Natsu asked stepping next to Mira and taking her hand.