Chapter 6: The Hunt
Natsu, Grey Happy, Lucy and the Thunder Legion traveled back to the town where they first encountered Mist. Natsu didn't like the idea of working with Laxus or taking the train again but he was willing to do both for Erza. They were all in this for Erza's sake. The group spent the entire day searching the town for Mist but to no avail. Day had become evening and the group met up to decide what the next course of action should be.
"This is so boring!" Natsu whined! "How are we supposed to beat up this Mist chick if we can't find her!?"
"The goal is to capture her, not beat her up." Grey grimaced.
"Why not both?" Natsu rebutted. "She deserves it"
"We all want to see justice for what happened to Erza." Lucy spoke up. "But more importantly we want to cure her Armor Rot and we need Mist in order to do that."
"Well it's clear that she isn't in this town anymore." Laxus said. "Do you guys have any other ideas as to where she might be?"
"I'm afraid not." Grey admitted. "The truth is we don't know all that much about her except that she can turn into mist at will and apparently is a member of the Everleaf tribe."
"That doesn't make sense." Evergreen said. "The Everleaf tribe is known for being a peaceful people. Those spells only exist in self-defense.
"Maybe Mist is a rouge?" Freed suggested.
"Maybe she stole the spell from them." Bickslow accused.
"Everyone calm down." Lucy demanded. "Whatever the reason or how she got that ability doesn't matter. What matters is catching her and saving Erza."
"Lucy's right!" Grey shouted. Now he was shirtless. "We have to save Erza no matter what!"
Suddenly there was an explosion from the building across the street, catching the entire group's attention. From the explosion walked out Mist with bags full of gold.
"It feels so good to be bad!" She shouted.
Natsu rushed out of the building he was in, his fist engulfed in flames.
"There you are!" He shouted.
"Oh crap!" Mist dropped the gold and transformed, slinking away into the darkness of the night.
"Not this time" Natsu shouted as he followed the mist.
"Dammit Natsu." Grey shook his head. "Let's help him out."
The group rushed after their hot-blooded friend and Mist.