Team Natsu (And Juvia) wandered the towns streets, searching the crowd for the pretty friend while people gave them weird looks. Natsu's stomach grumbled, begging for something to nourish it.
"Maybe we should stop and get something to eat?" Suggested Gray.
Natsu contemplated this. He wanted to continue searching but what would he do if he found her and a fight broke out? He can't fight on an empty stomach. "Yeah." He made an immediate u-turn, directing the group into a nearby restaurant. But little did they know, right when they turned their backs, a man and a blonde woman walked by with their arms locked. To the bystanders, they looked like a cute couple in love, but only the couple themselves knew what was really going on. Well, one person out of the couple.
"So you got the idea. Get in, grab it, and get out." The man whispered in her ear.
Lucy nodded, giggling falsely to make it look like he whispered something flirty. "Yes master." The man smirked.
'Such a good slave.' He thought.
"Good. Go back to the mansion when your done." He said.
And then the man was gone, slipping away onto the crowd, leaving Lucy to fend for herself. She glanced around, trying to spot anyone who might try to endanger her mission. When she was sure no one was paying attention, she stealthy slipped into a dark alley and into a tight gap in the wall, silently stripping and replacing her clothes with the black ones her master had given her.
Lucy glanced around once again, making sure that no one was hiding away in any of the hidden crevices but she found no one. She quickly slid on her mask, giving her the appearance of a thief, which at the moment she was. She shuffled around the maze of alleys, not having any trouble at all finding her way to her destination since she had memorized the map her master had shown her. The young girls face remained emotionless as she stood in front of the gate of her target.
Let the games begin.
Natsu's nose twitched as he shoved half a cheese burger down his throat and into the pits of his belly. His whole body stiffened as the familiar scent hit him like a ton of bricks. It smelt of vanilla, and not any other vanilla scent that was mixed with the scents of perfume and soap, it was Lucy's! Natus dove out of the booth and took off out the door, leaving the rest of team Natsu bewildered in the booth. Natsu swerved around people, crashed through groups, and took sharp turns that almost made him slip. But he didn't care, his mind was consumed by only one person.
'Lucy, Lucy! Where are you? Lucy! LUCY!' He kept screaming in his head like he was hoping she had somehow developed telepathic powers and would magically show up, giving him one of her famous smiles, and tell him that she was okay.
Natsu soon found himself in a dark alley, but he didn't slow down. Not even when he saw the dark figure at the very end. Natsu desperately reached out and grabbed the figures shoulder. "Lucy!"
But it wasn't Lucy. It wasn't even a woman. The man stared at him in shock. "Can I help you?"
Natsu released the man's shoulder and looked down in disappointment. "Sorry. Thought you were someone else."
The man smiled but anyone could tell that it was fake. "It fine, now if you'll excuse me, I have places to go." And the whipped around, hitting Natsu in the face with his foul scent. But Natsu didn't just get the man's scent, he also smelt one the was quite similar to someone he knew very well.
Natsu expression darkened and he grabbed the man again, letting out a low snarl. "Where's Lucy?"
The man stared for a moment. "I'm sorry, I don't know a Lucy." The man said, lying through his teeth.
Natsu's grip tightened and he growled. "Bull shit. I can smell her scent on you. Now don't make me ask again. Where. Is. Lucy."
Suddenly, some officers ran down the street, screaming profanities and giving orders. "Follow them and you'll find her." The man said smirking and punched Natsu in the face while he was to busy staring at the men in uniforms. Natsu stumbled back, clutching his jaw. His eyes snapped up in a glare that would make any man wet themselves but he found that he was alone. The man was gone. Natsu let out a cry of frustration and dug his hands deep into his pink spiky hair while all the fire left his eyes.
Dammit! He was so close to finding her. So so close. He could almost feel Lucy's small frame in his arms, smell her sweet aroma that made him high every time he got a good whiff, see her dazzling smile that made every man's heart skip a beat, but as soon as that man was gone, she was gone too.
But then Natsu remembered something the man had said. 'Follow them and you'll find her.' Natsu's head quickly shot up and he darted out the alley, following the groups of angry officers, his eyes filled with determination.
'Don't worry Lucy, I'm coming!'