''Huh? where am I? what's going on? I can't see anything!'' thought Natsumi, attempting to decipher what just happened.

''Hello? Is anyone there?'' She called out, but no one responded.

She tried to move, but her arms were bound, and she was unable to use her flames to burn the ropes.

''Magic Seal Stones, figures.'' she mumbled as she tried to use her other sense to detect anyone through her blindfold.

From the smell of dew, wood, alcohol, and mixed with a faint smell of the sea, she was able to identify that she was in a warehouse. Around her, the smell of wood must have been the wooden crates you would usually put in a warehouse, however, she also detected the smell of people, around 20 of them, yet 15 of them smell distinctively different in comparison. Even more unsettling was the fact that she recognized the smell of a certain mage, one lying next to her.

''Yukino?'' She thought, what's she doing here?

''Yukino! are you there?'' she cried out.

From the distance, she heard a faint response.

''Yes I am, who is it?''

After realizing that she actually was there, Natsumi curse lightly, knowing that there was o way she would believe that she was Natsu. Attempting her best imitation, she called out.

''It's Lucy! whats going on?''

''Lucy? oh my god, they didn't get you too, did they?'' Yukino replied.

''Who's they?'' Asked Natsumi.

Suddenly, Natsumi felt a strong grip as two men picked her up from the stool she was sitting on and tore off her blindfold, revealing to her that she hadn't even gotten dressed and was still in her underwear. While attempting not to scream in embarrassment, she noticed two men in black suits, one was tall like a giant, with light brown skin, a bald head and was covered in scars, while the other one was almost as short as Makorov, and almost as old as well, he was only able to stand tall by balancing on his cane, he also had a thin, grey mustache as well as a conventional rice farmer hat. While Natsumi couldn't feel any magic due to the magic seal stones (I'm not sure if they actually dull magic sensing but I'll just assume they do.), she can tell by instinct alone that they were no pushover, even in her male form, she would still need some time to take them out.

''Who are you?! why are you doing this?!'' Natsumi yelled out.

The tall one grinned.

''Pardon our lack of tack, our boss wasn't happy with our slow performance, so we couldn't exactly explain anything to you during your escort. My name is Sebastian, member of the newest generation of CP9 agents. The man next to me is Wallace, my mentor as well as a veteran in the cipher pol division, while he only recently got promoted from CP7 to CP9, he is still a very powerful member.''

Natsumi couldn't understand over half of what they had just said.

''Excuse me what?! CP9? New Generation? What kind of nonsense are you spouting?!'' she asked with a hint of rage.

''We can't tell you much, it's confidential. What matters now is what's gonna happen to you.'' said Wallace.

''What's gonna happen to me? and Yukino? and all the other mages you and your men locked up?!'' she asked with a hint of rage.

''We are offering you as slaves to Saint Angelo, A world noble that will soon inherit his father's fortune and you should be honored, not many people can be deemed worthy as his slave, as he only accept rare kinds of slaves, like... mages.'' explained Wallace.

Natsumi lunged at them in anger, but was pinned down by the two other men in suits.

''SO THIS IS WHAT YOUR SO-CALLED GOVERNMENT IS ABOUT?! CAPTURING CIVILIANS SO THAT THEY CAN BE SLAVES TO SOME ''WORLD NOBLES''?! HOW CAN YOU PEOPLE CALL YOURSELVES A GOVERNMENT?! YOU'RE BUT CORRUPT FUCKERS WHO ABUSED ANY AMOUNT OF POWER YOU HAVE!'' She yelled out.

''A World Noble's order is absolute, only deniable by another, richer World Noble. Frankly, we didn't want to do this job, it's not even in our contract, but Saint Angelo insisted on us to capture slave mages for him. You should be thankful, the only reason why your country isn't ever targeted by pirates or the Government is because your very own king, Toma .E Fiore, is considered a World Noble by the government and has prohibited any government influence within the kingdom. Of course, there are some who have found loopholes around his prohibition, like us, but in turn, you're just a small price to pay to ensure peace within the kingdom.''

Natsumi couldn't take it anymore, and she broke out of the two men's hold and headbutted one of men holding him, causing him to drop his keys. Natsumi attempted to reach for them, but just then, the man she headbutted kicked her in the stomach. She was able to catch herself, and went in for a leg sweep.

SORU!

Just then, the man she tried to sweep disappeared and reappeared on top of her, pinning her down.

''Don't try it, none of the current men you see are canon fodder, aside from us, we have 8 CP6 combat agents and 7 CP5 support agents.'' Said Wallace.

''Damn it... if only I wasn't chained up.'' she cursed softly.

Just then, the man pinning her down grabbed her by the neck, pissed off.

''I'll make you pay for that.'' he said.

Just then, as Natsumi braced for impact, the wall exploded, as several of the before mentioned ''CP5s'' and ''CP6s" were blown away.

''What the? who's there?!" asked the man as he dropped Natsumi.

While it wasn't Fairy Tail, Natsumi rejoice when she saw what was her former rivals.

''We are Sabertooth!'' exclaimed Sting, who busted a hole in the wall, revealing the entire guild.

''Sting!'' Natsumi cheered in relief.

''Do I know you?'' Sting asked.

One of the agents took advantage of Sting's confusion and lunged at him.

SHIGAN!

SHADOW DRAGON'S CLAW!

Rogue appeared, leaving three claw marks on the guy's chest and sending him flying.

''ALRIGHT GUILD! LET'S SHOW THESE GUYS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU MESS WITH SABERTOOTH!'' Ordered Sting.

''YEAH!'' The guild cheered back.

As chaos insued, the agents were trying to compose themselves, but were ultimately futile against the Sabertooth members.

THUNDER GOD'S 30MM MAGNUM!

Orga sent a massive black thunderbolt down, frying two of the members.

RANKYAKU SEN!

One of the CP6 Members sent a slash kick towards Orga, but it was canceled out by a multi colored bubble that appeared in front of him.

''What the?'' he thought as his own slash teleported behind him, taking him out.

''Thanks Milady.'' Orga thanked Minerva.

''No problem.'' she answered as she as moping the floor with a few agents.

RANKYAKU!

One of the agents tried to impale Rufus, who dodged the attack gracefully.

''Your attack was finely crafted, I've memorized all of it.'' he said graciously.

''WHAT ARE YOU BABBLING ABOUT?!'' The agent laughed.

''Now, witness my refinement of your art.'' he said, waving his arms around.

STORM OF THE BLOOD BLOSSOM!

Several petals made of slashed were generated, ripping through the agent.

''These guys are moping the floor with our men.'' said Wallace, ''I suggest we retreat.''

Sebastian grinned.

''Nu-uh, I'm not missing an opportunity like this! I'm gonna make the government acknowledge that I surpassed Rob Lucci!'' he said.

Wallace laughed.

''Trust me young one, your not even close to his level.''

But Sebastian didn't listen, as he was already lunging towards Sting.

''EAT THE NEXT GENERATION OF ROKUSHIKI!''

SHIGAN YARI! (finger pistol spear)

Sebastian kicked sting with a kick that was faster than a bullet, yet, sting was able to flip over him and punch him. He then pursued him towards the ground.

WHITE DRAGON'S CLAW!

To his surprise, after slashing Sebastian's arm, the wound instantly closed, forming a scar.

''You're gonna have to try a little harder if you want to injure me.'' Said Sebastian as he grabbed Sting by the neck, ''I won't miss at this range!''

WHITE DRAGON'S ROAR!

Sebastian was hit at point blank range by Sting's roar, scorching his skin and causing him to let go.

''Is this hard enough?'' Sting asked at he sunk his fist into his stomach, before a white light pillar blasted him away.

DRAGON SLAYER'S SECRET ART: HOLY NOVA!

Right after Sting sending the supposed leader of the group flying, Rogue showed up with Yukino.

''Ah Yukino, you had us worrying for a second, come on, let's go.'' said Sting, only for Rogue to cut him off.

''Not so fast, Yukino keep saying that Lucy's been captured too, and that she's in here somewhere.'' said Rogue, ''But I just can't find her.''

''I'm telling you! it's true! I heard her call out to me!'' said Yukino.

''We checked everywhere, Lucy's nowhere in sight.'' said Minerva, followed by the rest of the guild.

''But...'' said Yukino.

''If Lucy's really is here, Fairy Tail should show up soon to save her, she's not of our concern anymore.'' said Rogue.

''But what if they had already taken her away?'' asked Yukino in panic.

''Your right, I'll just interrogate that man I knocked out.'' said Sting.

''Sorry to tell you, he's already gone.'' said Rogue.

''What?! Where?!'' asked Sting.

''Sorry to burst your bubble Sabertooth!'' a voice was suddenly heard as the guild looked up to see the shorter two men standing on the top window sill, carrying his unconscious comrade and a girl with pink hair that reminded Sting of Natsu. ''I got a job to complete, you have your member, so if you don,t mind, I'm off.''

And as he said those words, he ran off.

''Crap, they're getting away!'' said Rogue, ''Come on Sting! Sting?''

Rogue suddenly realized that Sting already took chase.

''*Sigh... talk about a reckless guild master we have.''

Outside...

''hehehe... there's no way those guys will be able to catch up to me... now I just got to find another port and escape this country!'' Thought Wallace as he leapt from rooftop to rooftop.

Suddenly, he felt a presence behind him.

''OI! COME BACK HERE YOU MIDGET!'' Yelled a pissed off Sting.

''Crap! he's still chasing me?! And he's catching up too! I can't risk it, looks like it's back to square one!'' said Wallace as he dropped Natsumi.

''GAAAAHH! I'M FALLING!'' Cried Natsumi, ''SOMEBODY HELP ME!''

As Natsumi braced for impact, she suddenly felt someone grab onto her. Opening her eyes, she saw that Sting was carrying her bridal style.

''Heya Natsu, you sure changed a lot from when I last saw you.'' Said Sting, staring at her fine body, ''You've grown... quite to my liking.''

Natsumi wanted to protest, but she was just so shook by everything that happened, that all of her emotions poured out at once, crying a mixture of tears of joy and sadness as she hugged Sting tightly. His smell gave her a sense of security and familiarity, as she settled down, and Sting looked down, giving her a comforting smile.

''It's okay Natsu, You're okay now...''

TO BE CONTINUED...