Natsu shoved his way through the crowd, desperately trying to keep the officers in his sights while staying far enough back to keep them unaware of him. Natsu's eye were so focused on the officers that he didn't even notice that he passed the rest of his group, whom quickly spotted his brightly colored hair and his dragon scale scarf.

"Hey Idiot! Wait up!" Gray called but Natsu did not slow down, he didn't even hear him over the roar of the crowd.

"Kyaa!" Juvia cried out as she tripped over a strangers foot. Gray quickly rushed to help her up and to make sure she was okay.

Gray turned to Happy, and spoke as if he was giving an order. "Happy. Try to keep an eye on Natsu."

"Aye!" Happy exclaimed and flew over the crowd. Not to far from Gray and Juvia so then he could still speak to them but still high enough to spot Natsu.

Natsu slid around a sudden corner where he was met with a large building surrounded with large brick fences. Natsu switched from sprinting to a slow trot, staying near the shadows of the trees to remain unseen. When he got closer, he noticed their was a large brick sign with the words 'Alebia Museum' in big red letters and a two men were speaking in quiet whispers by the front gate.

Natsu used his enhanced dragon slayer hearing to listen in on the conversation. "What happened here?"

"Someone stole the NEB and got away."

"Shit. Any idea who it was?"

"No. But we interviewed some of the witnesses, said it was hard to tell but what they all said that it was female, Blonde hair. And from the male witnesses and I quote, 'She had a good rack'."

Natsu's looked down, with his eyebrows furrowed. That's definitely Lucy. But why? His Lucy would never rob a museum, not unless she didn't have choice in the matter. Natsu's mind juggled with the many possibilities of why she would preform this crime but none of them made any sense. But then, Natsu heard a light crunch from behind him.

Natsu's head snapped toward sudden sound, spotting a splash of blonde hair disappear down another dark alley. Without thinking, Natsu took off, following the person through the many twists and turns of the dark alleyways of the town, sniffing the air as he went. The smell of vanilla hit him like a slap in the face.

'It's Lucy! Its got to be!'

"LUCY!" Natsu yelled out.

But Lucy stop, she didn't even glance back at him. She just started to run faster and take sharper turns to evade the pink haired man's reach. Why is she running away? And then realization hit him like a ton of bricks when the image of the man from earlier flashed into his head and when he remembered a specific thought he had earlier.

'…, not unless she didn't have a choice in the matter.'

Natsu let out low growl and huffed smoke out his nose. What did this man do to her!

"Lucy! Stop!" He called with his eyes burning and reached out but his fingers only grazed he blonde locks.

But all of a sudden, a large body slammed into Natsu, knocking him into the cold hard pavement. Natsu fought against the creature who was biting and clawing at his arms, but his eyes never left the small blonde who was slowly disappearing from his sight as they got farther and farther away.

"Lucy!" Natsu cried out.

Natsu punched the creature with a flaming fist and jumped up, scanning the area for his teammate. But it was already too late, she was long gone. Natsu let out monstrous roar and started to slam his flaming fists into the undeserving ground. He lost her again!

"Natsu!" Happy cried, attaching himself to his father figures head. Gray and Juvia slowly jogged up to them.

"You knuckle head! Why the hell did you run...of...?" Gray was about to give Natsu a piece of his mind but stopped when he noticed the look on his face. It was a cross from anger and despair.

"What happened?" Juvia asked, her eyes never leaving Gray.

Natsu sat up but he glared at the ground. "I almost caught Lucy but," His eye flashed towards the unconscious creature laying a few feet away. "that thing got in my way." He growled.

Juvia cautiously walked to it and inspected it. "Juvia thinks its a dog."

"You think?" Questioned Gray.

Juvia's glanced up at Gray, making his stomach to do a flip. "Juvia doesn't know how to explain it, Gray-sama. Please come look." Gray and Natsu walked over to her and examined the large mass. Juvia was right, it did look mostly like a dog but it had large teeth like a saber tooth tiger and was the size of a very large lion. It even had a tail of a zebra.

"What the hell?" Gray and Natsu both said at the same time. They both towards each other glaring. Juvia, sensing the impending fight, spoke up quickly before they got to into it where they couldn't hear her.

"Gray-sama! Maybe this can help us find Lucy!"

Both their heads turned and watched as Juvia unclasped the cheep spiky collar around the things neck. She held it up, revealing the shiny metal tag hanging from it. If you looked close enough, you could barely make out the writing carved into it. Gray smirked.

"Thank god this guys owner is stupid."

Natsu and Happy looked between the two and at the tag, confused. "How is this supposed to help us find Lucy?"

Gray sighed. "Well who ever owned this thing obviously didn't want you getting to Lucy, so they're probably tied together."

Juvia continued for him. "So if you find the owner..."

"You find Lucy!" Happy cried with joy. Natsu and Happy jumped up, pumping their hands in the air with grins of excitement on their faces.

"Then what are we waiting for! Lets goooo!"

Sorry this one was a bit rushed since my stupid little brother kept bugging me to get off the computer. Little Brat. Lol.