Hey sorry for the quite late update, first I busy with my other stories then I got BANNED from the computer as punishment and now I'm stuck with a stupid time limit. But whatever here's the next chapter. Enjoy.
"Natsu!" Happy and Lucy were flying all over the forest looking for their team mate. "Sheesh where did idiot go?" muttered Lucy angrily.
"Lucy, Happy where are you guys, I've beaten up the leader and I've got the diamond" Natsu looked around for his team mates.
Background History: The trio's job was to beat up, capture and retake a group of thieves' loot; Typical stuff. But when they arrived and beaten the crap out of the thieves they realised the leader had abandoned his men and taken the most important treasure, the Hirogate Diamond.
So Natsu ran off to take down the leader and grab the diamond whilst Lucy and Happy interrogated the thieves and searched the camp for the rest of the loot. However the leader had led Natsu a merry dance in the forest and Natsu's now lost.
"The wind's blowing in the wrong direction, I can't catch their scent, just where am I. Lucy Happy, it's me Natsu!" Natsu marched around yelling.
"The trees are in the way, we can't see anything from the air" Lucy said, "So you can put me down". "Thank God, you were getting heavy" Happy sighed sagging slightly.
"You're soon going to wish you never put mo on the ground" Lucy threatened.
"NOOOOOO!" thought Happy straining to keep Lucy aloft.
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"Mirajane do you know exactly where Lucy's and Natsu's job is taking place?" Tsuna asked.
They were standing in front of a massive town map. Mirajane was scouring over it hoping that a town name would jog her memory.
"Well" Gokudera growled threateningly, "Jyuudaime asked you a question".
Mirajane sweat dropped, in all honesty the specific details of Lucy's and Natsu's job had escaped her mind. By looking at the town map she had hoped it would provide some answers.
"Well, you see the thing is" Mirajane stuttered.
"You've forgotten the specific details of Lucy's and Natsu's job" Tsuna guessed, hitting the nail right on the head. In response, Mirajane's embarrassment said it all. Tsuna smiled sympathetically, Gokudera looked away in disgust and started eyeing the map.
"So what do we do now?" Tsuna mused.
"I'm sorry" Mirajane apologised, "I said I'd be your escort but I've just gotten us lost"
"They're there"
"Gokudera-kun?"
"Gokudera-san?" asked Tsuna and Mirajane in unison.
Gokudera was tapping a forest with his index finger on the map. "I memorized all of Fairy Tail's job requests out of boredom. This is Hirogate Tower" tapping a finger against a landmark spot, "I remember one of the requests to be retrieving some loot from thieving mages that included the famous Hirogate Diamond."
You memorized the job requests just because you were bored. "That's amazing Gokudera-kun for you to remember all those requests" Tsuna praised. A big smile lit up Gokudera's face as twinkles and stars glittered animatedly round his face.
Mirajane had to close her eyes to stop herself from being blinded as she asked, "So why were you pointing to the forest?" To her surprise Tsuna answered like it was most obvious thing in the world, "That's where the thieves would set up base so Lucy and Natsu will be there as well".
Mirajane did have to admit that was pretty obvious but she was surprised that the brunette had worked it out before she had. "Ok so we head over there"
"I hope we don't meet any thieves" Tsuna said timidly, "I don't want to fight them".
The trio reached the edge of the forest.
"We'd better split up, we'd cover more ground that way" Tsuna suggested.
"That's a good idea Jyuudaime"
"I'll take Mirajane with me so that I don't mistake Lucy and Natsu for the thieving mages." Gokudera frowned, throwing a deeply suspicious glare at Mirajane, "If that is what you wish Jyuudaime"
Tsuna nodded, "Gokudera-kun if you find them send up a signal flare. Likewise if we find them I will be sending up a flare, do you understand Gokudera-kun?" Gokudera did, Mirajane's magic Demon Takeover Magic was not ideal to making signal flares.
Gokudera nodded, "Once one of us find them both parties should send flares periodically so that we can constantly pinpoint each other as we try to run over to group up."
Tsuna agreed, "That's a smart idea"
Gokudera's soul was filled with happiness the awesome Jyuudaime had approved of his idea. Mirajane just shook her head bemused. Tsuna's earlier remark had just made relationship even mysterious and plain weird.
~Flashback~
"I hope we don't meet any thieves, I don't want to fight them"
Scaredy-cat was the one thought that ran through Mirajane's mind when he had said that. So WHY was Gokudera idolizing such a scaredy-cat, accident prone, seemingly weak and pathetic boy.
It made no sense. It was nonsense.
~Flashback end~
Either way the splitting up arrangement worked for Mirajane. It meant with Gokudera absent she could finally grill Tsuna for answers concerning this rather baffling to say the least relationship. Although she was aware that Tsuna would be quite tight lipped about their backgrounds, proof being what happened back at the train.
~Flashback~
"I'm the Jyuudaime's Right Hand Man, his Storm Guardian and his friend first" Mirajane stared at him perplexed, "What's a Storm Guardian and why do you keep going on about being his Right Hand Man, there's only two of you?"
"That's"
"Gokudera-kun" Tsuna interrupted sharply
"None of your business" he finished smoothly.
~Flashback end~
She was going to find out some answers.
