the cart sway back and forth with each step of the boar. Natsu lied helplessly on the floor in a sick and groggy state. he moaned loudly at Lucy. "I'm never riding one of these again!"
"Natsu you say that every time but you still get on next time." Natsu groaned something else in protest but Lucy could not't understand it through Natsu's efforts to keep the vomit in his throat. Lucy lied on her stomach swinging her legs in the air to the beat of a song she hummed. she flipped through the newest edition of Sorcerer Weekly. When the cart finally stopped she got out and stretched. Natsu spilled out and with the help of Happy, he got to his feet. Slowly the grogginess faided and The sickly quivering settled.
"Thanks buddy." Natsu said to the blue cat as he shook his head. "Lets get some food. I'm starving." The three of them walked along the town streets looking for somewhere to get some food. When they sat down the boys lips drooled waiting for the food to come.
Lucy watched them in a sort of disgust at how they acted. She skimmed the request again. "Natsu I still don't understand this job." Lucy said confused.
"That guy wants us to get him a key." He shrugged obviously. "I don't get why your confused." Lucy brushed him off and thought about what the job could be.
When the they arrived at the mans house they knocked on the door. A tall, slender, and strangely hairy man opened the door. "Who are you?"
"Wizards from Fairy Tail. We're here to fill a job request."
"Prove it." The man hiding behind the slightly cracked door. Lucy lifted her hand to the door and Natsu turned so his left shoulder faced the man. The mans expression did not change. "What?"
The two sweat dropped and pointed to the seals they exposed. "This it the crest of Fairy Tail. Only a member of the guild has one." Lucy said plastering a smile on her face as if it was common to explain this.
Slowly the man opened the door. He let them in and quickly closed the door behind them. "I'm making tea, would you like some?" he offered.
"So why do you need a key for? What does it go to?"
"The key is a silver key known as the 'Wilting Aide'. "
"Oh yea I've heard of her. She's a celestial spirit with the ability to heal. While her being a silver key she is actually very strong I have heard."
"Yes and I need it. I'm a celestial wizard and I need that key from Wayli soon."
"Wayli?" Lucy tilted her head in confusion. "Does he have a contract with her?"
"Yes but I need to have that key before the next full moon."
"What happens on the full moon?" Natsu asked, excited that he might hear something interesting."On the full moon my daughter will die." The man said and then looked down at his cup. "DIE?" They all asked in shock. He looked up at them with sad eyes. "Yes."
"Is she sick?" Happy asked. The man sighed and set his tea on the table with a loud but soft thunk. He put his hands together, intertwining his fingers and touching both his index fingers to his pursed lips. He thought hard for a moment.
"I will kill her." He said finding the words he had been looking for. The three of them sat staring at the man with jaws dropped and eyes spinning in confusion at the odd mans statement.
"The mans name is Wayli Grubbing. He's a terrible man who steals keys from people, framing them for crimes in order to make their contracts null and void and then makeing contracts of his own with them. He stole the silver Heribus key from a women in Acacia after framing her for breaking into his house. She was arrested but not before he took her key. As soon as the contract was eliminated he made one with the Heribus." The man explained
"So you want us to get this key from Wayli so that you can use it to save your daughter who you might kill on the night of the full moon?" Lucy summed up. "That is right."
"Alright so where can we find this Grubbing guy?" Natsu stretched and stood up ready to start the mission. "Wait Natsu-"
"Lucy just wait. I know what your going to say but don't." Natsu said sternly. "we except the job. where can we find Grubbing?"
"He could be anywhere but my guess is at the beach." with that Natsu walked out of the house. Confused Lucy followed him. When they were finally out on the street and a little down the road Lucy faced Natsu. "What the hell was that?" Lucy asked with irrigation in her voice.
"You wanted to ask him why he would kill his daughter or how he had the right to take this key that he had no connection with." Natsu explained, "Its not our place to ask any questions like that. What is the answer effected how you did the job?"
"Why are we helping a guy who might kill his daughter?"
"There is obviously more to the story." He argued
"Why are you standing up for him you don't even know him, he could be bat shit crazy. And hes a total creep." Natsu stopped and look at Lucy and she expected him to yell. She expected him be angry at her and see the fire in his eyes but he just looked at her. No fire, no yelling, not even an angry glare. Natsu looked down at Lucy with an almost puzzled expression.
"What are you thinking?"
"Did not you hear it?" He asked. He glimpsed back in the direction of the house and then back at her. "The way he keep saying 'Wayli' and not 'Grubbing'?"
Lucy thought back to the conversation and realized Natsu was right. "So what does that mean? He knows him personally?" Natsu nodded. "I think so." He grabbed her hands and started running down the street pulling her along. "Wait where r we going?"
"The beach!"